Gonocarpus
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- The Gonocarpus of William Hamilton ("Ham.") is a synonym of CombretumCombretumThe bushwillows or combretums, Combretum, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 370 species of trees and shrubs, roughly 300 of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, some 25 to tropical Asia and approximately 40 to tropical...
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Gonocarpus is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Haloragaceae
Haloragaceae
Haloragaceae is a dicotyledon flowering plant family in the order Saxifragales, based on the phylogenetic APG III system. In the Cronquist system, it was included in the order Haloragales.- Distribution :...
. The species, which are native to Australia
Australia
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, New Zealand
New Zealand
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and Malesia
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.-Floristic province:...
, include :
- Gonocarpus acanthocarpus (Brongn.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus benthamii Orchard
- Gonocarpus chinensis (Lour.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus confertifolius (F.Muell.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus cordiger (Fenzl) Nees
- Gonocarpus diffusus (Diels) Orchard
- Gonocarpus effusus Orchard
- Gonocarpus elatus (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Orchard - Hill Raspwort or Tall Raspwort
- Gonocarpus ephemerus Orchard
- Gonocarpus eremophilus Orchard
- Gonocarpus ericifolius Orchard
- Gonocarpus hexandrus (F.Muell.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus hirtus Orchard
- Gonocarpus hispidus Orchard
- Gonocarpus humilis Orchard - Shade Raspwort
- Gonocarpus implexus Orchard
- Gonocarpus intricatus (Benth.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus leptothecus (F.Muell.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus longifolius (Schindl.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus mezianus (Schindl.) Orchard - Hairy Raspwort
- Gonocarpus micranthus Thunb. - Creeping Raspwort (subsp. micranthus)
- Gonocarpus montanus (Hook.f.) Orchard - Mat Raspwort
- Gonocarpus nodulosus Nees
- Gonocarpus oreophilus Orchard
- Gonocarpus paniculatus (Benth.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus pithyoides Nees
- Gonocarpus pusillus (Benth.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus pycnostachyus (F.Muell.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus rotundifolius Drake
- Gonocarpus rudis (Benth.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus salsoloides Reichb. ex Spreng.
- Gonocarpus scordioides (Benth.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus serpyllifolius Hook.f. - Flat Raspwort
- Gonocarpus simplex (Britten) Orchard
- Gonocarpus tetragynus Labill. - Common Raspwort
- Gonocarpus teucrioides DC. - Germander Raspwort
- Gonocarpus trichostachyus (Benth.) Orchard
- Gonocarpus urceolatus Orchard
- Gonocarpus vernicosus Hook.f.