Gonocarpus chinensis

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Gonocarpus chinensis
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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 as their common name as Chineses raspwort) is an accepted Australian shrub in the watermilfoil family Haloragaceae (watermilfoil) native to eastern Australia, South China, Caroline islands and North Australia. It was introduced to the Hawaiian islands, United States and California, United States. [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 verrucosus and Goocarpus chinensis chinensis. [5]

Description

This species can grow to be 8 meters (26.2467 ffeet) tall with a 15 centimeter trunk diameter. The stem of G. chinensis is weak. [6] [7]

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References

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