Corynocarpus
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Corynocarpus is the only genus of plants in the family Corynocarpaceae. It comprises six species growing from New Guinea
to New Zealand
and islands in the western Pacific Ocean
.
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and islands in the western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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Species
- Corynocarpus australasicus C. T. White
- Corynocarpus cribbianus (F. M. Bailey) L. S. Sm.
- Corynocarpus dissimilis Hemsl.
- Corynocarpus laevigatus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
- Corynocarpus rupestrisCorynocarpus rupestrisCorynocarpus rupestris, is an evergreen laurifolia tree, of the family Corynocarpaceae, commonly known as the Glenugie Karaka is a rainforest tree found in eastern Australia...
Guymer - Corynocarpus similis Hemsl.
External links
- http://www.plantcare.com/encyclopedia/new-zealand-laurel-1260.aspx