Gynatrix
Gynatrix | |
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Gynatrix pulchella at Mount Waverley, Victoria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Gynatrix Alef.[1] |
Species | |
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Gynatrix is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia.[2]
There are two species within the genus:
- Gynatrix pulchella (Hemp Bush, Aboriginal Hemp), a shrub to 3 metres in height with white or cream flowers that occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gynatrix". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Gynatrtix Page". Malvacae Info. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ↑ Ross, J.H.& N.G. Walsh (2003). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria (Seventh Edition).