Gymnocarpos

Gymnocarpos

Synonymy

Gymnocarpos Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 65. 1775 sec. Oxelman & al. (2002)

• Type: Gymnocarpos decandrus Forssk.

• =Sclerocephalus Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 3: 12. 1843 syn. sec. APG III (2009)
• Type: Sclerocephalus arabicus Boiss.

• =Lochia Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 409. 1884 syn. sec. APG III (2009)
• Type: Lochia bracteata Balf.f.

Content

• Notes

Notes

Ten species, occurring from the Canary Islands east to Mongolia. Oxelman & al. (2002) found an expanded Gymnocarpos was monophyletic and sister to part of Paronychia.