Gyrinops

Gyrinops
Leaves of Gyrinops walla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Subfamily: Thymelaeoideae
Genus: Gyrinops
Gaertn. (1791)
Species[1]

9; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Brachythalamus Gilg (1899)
  • Lachnolepis Miq. (1863)

Gyrinops is a genus of nine species of trees, called lign aloes or lign-aloes trees, in the family Thymelaeaceae.[2] They are native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea.[1]

The genus Gyrinops is closely related to Aquilaria and in the past all species were considered to belong to Aquilaria.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Gyrinops Gaertn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ EOL - Gyrinops
  3. ^ Blanchette, Robert A. (2006) "Cultivated Agarwood - Training programs and Research in Papua New Guinea" Archived 2017-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Forest Pathology and Wood Microbiology Research Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota