''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
Hernandiaceae
The Hernandiaceae are a family of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the order Laurales. Consisting of five genera with about 58 known species, they are distributed over the world's tropical areas, some of them widely distributed in coastal areas ...
family with a wide pantropical distribution.
Species
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Gyrocarpus americanus
''Gyrocarpus americanus'' is a flowering plant in the ''Hernandiaceae'' family, with a wide pantropical distribution. Its common names include the helicopter tree, propeller tree, whirly whirly tree, stinkwood or shitwood.
Description
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Jacq. (
Pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics, tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''.
''Neotropical'' is a zoogeogra ...
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Gyrocarpus angustifolius''
(Verdc.) Thulin (Africa)
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Gyrocarpus hababensis''
Chiov. (Africa)
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Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius''
Domin (Central and North America)
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Gyrocarpus mocinnoi''
Espejo (Mexico)
References
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Hernandiaceae
Pantropical flora
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