Gynatrix

Gynatrix
	Gynatrix pulchella at Mount Waverley, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Malvoideae
Tribe:	Malveae
Genus:	Gynatrix; Alef.
Species
	See text

Gynatrix is a genus of dioecious flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia.^[2]

There are two species within the genus:

Gynatrix pulchella (Willd.) Alef. – (Hemp bush, Aboriginal hemp), a shrub to 3 metres in height with white or cream flowers that occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.^[2]
Gynatrix macrophylla N.G.Walsh – (Gippsland hemp bush), a rare shrub that occurs in eastern Victoria.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Gynatrix". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Gynatrix Page". Malvacae Info. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
^ Ross, J.H.& N.G. Walsh (2003). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria (Seventh ed.).^{[permanent dead link]}