Corynocarpus

Corynocarpus
Corynocarpus laevigatus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Corynocarpaceae Engl.[2]
Genus:	Corynocarpus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.

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

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" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
3. 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.
• W. Botting Hemsley (1903). "On the genus Corynocarpus Forst. with descriptions of two new species". Annals of Botany 17 (4): 743–760.
• "Corynocarpus J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.". PLANTS database. United States Department of Agriculture.
• 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.