Raspwort

(Gonocarpus)

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Description

Gonocarpus (raspwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Haloragaceae. The species, which are native to Australia, New Zealand and Malesia. The genus was described by Robert Brown and published in Nova Genera Plantarum 3: 55. 1783. The type species is: Gonocarpus micranthus Thunb.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Haloragales
Family:Haloragaceae
Genus:Gonocarpus
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