Gonocarpus chinensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Haloragaceae |
Genus: | Gonocarpus |
Species: | G. chinensis |
Binomial name | |
Gonocarpus chinensis (Lour.) Orchard | |
Gonocarpus chinensis (also known by the common name as Chinese raspwort) is a shrub in the family Haloragaceae native to eastern Australia, South China, Caroline islands and North Australia. It was introduced to the Hawaiian islands and California. [1] G. chinensis is considered not to be a economically impotent genus but can be used for medicine and gardening as ornamental plants. [2] This species lives in wet tropical regions, grasslands, riverbanks and in waste lands in elevations at 100 to 800 meters but at 1800 meters in Southwest China. [3] [4]
This species has two known subspecies named Gonocarpus chinensis subsp. verrucosus and Gonocarpus chinensis subsp. chinensis. [5]
This species can grow to be 60 cm tall. The stem of G. chinensis is weak. [6]
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