Gyrocarpus
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Gyrocarpus is a small genus 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 Hernandiaceae
Hernandiaceae
Hernandiaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by most taxonomists.The APG II system, of 2003 , also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Laurales in the clade magnoliids...

family with a wide pantropical distribution.

Species

  • Gyrocarpus americanus
    Gyrocarpus americanus
    Gyrocarpus americanus is a flowering plant in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. It is commonly and variously known as the Helicopter Tree, Propeller Tree, Whirly Whirly Tree, Stinkwood or Shitwood...

    Jacq. (Pantropical
    Pantropical
    In biogeography, a pantropical distribution one which covers tropical regions of all of the major continents, i.e. in Africa, in Asia and in the Americas. Examples include the plant genera Acacia and Bacopa....

    )
  • Gyrocarpus angustifolius (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa)
  • Gyrocarpus hababensis Chiov. (Africa)
  • Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius Domin (Central and North America)
  • Gyrocarpus mocinnoi Espejo (Mexico)
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