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Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > magnoliids > Order: Laurales > Family: Hernandiaceae > Genus: Gyrocarpus

Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus
Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus
Gyrocarpus americanus, Soutpansberg, South Africa. [photos M Coates Palgrave ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Distribution of the species includes Central America, Northern South America, Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Distribution of subspecies africana includes Eritrea, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo).

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