Gyrocarpus is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution.
Species Five species are accepted. Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. – Pantropical Gyrocarpus angustifolius (Verdc.) Thulin – eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia Gyrocarpus hababensis Chiov. – Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, and northern Kenya Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius Domin – Mexico and Central America Gyrocarpus mocinoi Espejo – central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador
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