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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malvales
Malvaceae
Gynatrix
Sibling

Gynatrix macrophylla

N.G.Walsh

Muelleria 9: 191 (1996)

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present – endemic

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Threat status

FFG: Vulnerable (VU)

Shrub or small tree to c. 5 m high. Leaves ovate to broad-ovate, 4–18 cm long, 2.5–14 cm wide, cordate at base, margins crenate, lower or both surfaces obscured, grey or whitish from a dense layer of stellate hairs. Calyx 5–6 mm long, densely stellate-pubescent; petals of male flowers elliptic, 6–10 mm long; female flowers with petals oblong, barely exceeding calyx. Fruit and seeds as for G. pulchella. Flowers most of year.

GipP, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, VAlp. Endemic in Victoria where largely confined to rocky streamsides and gullies on and south of the Dividing Range in the east (e.g. Howqua, Rose and Kiewa Rivers north of the Divide and Macalister, Buchan, Mitchell and Murrindal Rivers and their tributaries south of the Divide), and rather rare.

Source:

Walsh, N.G. (1996). Gynatrix. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae‍, pp. 351–352. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Andre Messina, 31 Oct. 2017

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Gynatrix macrophylla (distribution map)

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Gynatrix macrophylla N.G.Walsh

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Synonyms

Gynatrix sp. (Eastern Victoria)

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