Gyrocarpus

Gyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.

Gyrocarpus
Illustration of Gyrocarpus americanus by William Roxburgh, 1795
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Hernandiaceae
Genus:	Gyrocarpus N.J. Jacquin, 1763
Species
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Species

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