| 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 | |
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Gonocarpus chinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Haloragaceae . [1] [2] This shrub is sometimes known by the common name Chinese raspwort. It is native to Western Australia, Borneo, the Caroline Islands, South-Central and Southeast China, Hainan, Indonesia, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, the Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam. [1] It was introduced to the Hawaiian islands and California. [3] It is not considered an economically important species but can be used for medicine and gardening as ornamental plants. [4] 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. [1] [5]
This species has two known subspecies named Gonocarpus chinensis subsp. verrucosus and Gonocarpus chinensis subsp. chinensis. [6]
