Corynocarpus

Corynocarpus
Corynocarpus laevigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Corynocarpaceae
Genus:	Corynocarpus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Corynocarpus is the only genus of plants in the family Corynocarpaceae. It comprises six species growing from New Guinea to New Zealand and islands in the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

• Corynocarpus australasicus C. T. White
• Corynocarpus cribbianus (F. M. Bailey) L. S. Sm.
• Corynocarpus dissimilis Hemsl.
• Corynocarpus laevigatus J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
• Corynocarpus rupestris Guymer
• Corynocarpus similis Hemsl.

External links

• John Sawyer, Bruce McFadgen and Paul Hughes. "Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus J. R. et G. Forst.) in Wellington Conservancy (excluding Chatham Islands)" (PDF). Department of Conservation. http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/DSIS101.pdf. 
• W. Botting Hemsley (1903). "On the genus Corynocarpus Forst. with descriptions of two new species". Annals of Botany 17 (4): 743–760. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/os-17/4/743. 
• "Corynocarpus J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.". PLANTS database. United States Department of Agriculture. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CORYN2. 
• http://www.plantcare.com/encyclopedia/new-zealand-laurel-1260.aspx
• W. R. Philipson (1986). "Corynocarpus J. R. & G. Forst. – an isolated genus". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 95 (1): 9–18. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1987.tb01832.x.