Biology:Gynatrix

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Malvaceae

Gynatrix
Gynatrix pulchella.jpg
Gynatrix pulchella at Mount Waverley, Victoria
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Malveae
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 (Willd.) Alef. – (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]
  • Gynatrix macrophylla N.G.Walsh – (Gippsland hemp bush), a rare shrub that occurs in eastern Victoria.[1][2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5400332 entry