Corynocarpus

Corynocarpus is the only genus of plants in the family Corynocarpaceae and includes five species.^[3] It is native to New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.^[4]

Corynocarpus
An early illustration of Corynocarpus laevigatus by John Frederick Miller[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Corynocarpaceae Engl.[2]
Genus:	Corynocarpus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Species

1. Corynocarpus cribbianus (F. M. Bailey) L. S. Sm. (syn C. australasicus) - New Guinea, Aru Islands, Queensland
2. Corynocarpus dissimilis Hemsl. - New Caledonia
3. Corynocarpus laevigatus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. - New Zealand
4. Corynocarpus rupestris Guymer - Queensland, New South Wales
5. Corynocarpus similis Hemsl. - Vanuatu

References

1. John Frederick Miller circa 1770 - The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations, Natural History Museum
2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
3. Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
4. KEw World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

• John Sawyer, Bruce McFadgen and Paul Hughes. "Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus J. R. et G. Forst.) in Wellington Conservancy (excluding Chatham Islands)" (PDF). Department of Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
• W. Botting Hemsley (1903). "On the genus Corynocarpus Forst. with descriptions of two new species". Annals of Botany. 17 (4): 743–760. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a088941.
• "Corynocarpus J.R. Forst. & G. Forst". PLANTS database. United States Department of Agriculture.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092517/http://www.plantcare.com/encyclopedia/new-zealand-laurel-1260.aspx
• W. R. Philipson (1986). "Corynocarpus J. R. & G. Forst. – an isolated genus". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 95 (1): 9–18. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1987.tb01832.x.