{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Corynocarpuslaevigatus.jpg |image_caption = An early illustration of ''Corynocarpus laevigatus'' by John Frederick Miller<ref>John Frederick Miller circa 1770 - The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations, Natural History Museum</ref> |parent_authority = Engl.<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |taxon = Corynocarpus |authority = J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. }}
'''''Corynocarpus''''' is the only genus of plants in the family '''Corynocarpaceae''' and includes five species.<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | publisher = Magnolia Press | doi-access = free }}</ref> It is native to New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=48195 KEw World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
==Species== *''Corynocarpus cribbianus'' <small>(F. M. Bailey) L. S. Sm.</small> (syn ''C. australasicus)'' - New Guinea, Aru Islands, Queensland *''Corynocarpus dissimilis'' <small>Hemsl.</small> - New Caledonia *''Corynocarpus laevigatus'' <small>J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.</small> - New Zealand *''Corynocarpus rupestris'' <small>Guymer</small> - Queensland, New South Wales *''Corynocarpus similis'' <small>Hemsl.</small> - Vanuatu
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==External links== {{Wikispecies|Corynocarpus}} {{Commons category}} *{{cite web |author=John Sawyer, Bruce McFadgen and Paul Hughes |url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/DSIS101.pdf |title=Karaka (''Corynocarpus laevigatus'' J. R. et G. Forst.) in Wellington Conservancy (excluding Chatham Islands) |publisher=Department of Conservation |access-date=2009-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607102520/http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/DSIS101.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead }} *{{cite journal |author=W. Botting Hemsley |title=On the genus ''Corynocarpus'' Forst. with descriptions of two new species |journal=Annals of Botany |year=1903 |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=743–760 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a088941 }} *{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CORYN2 |title=''Corynocarpus'' J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. |work=PLANTS database |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092517/http://www.plantcare.com/encyclopedia/new-zealand-laurel-1260.aspx *{{cite journal |author=W. R. Philipson |year=1986 |title=''Corynocarpus'' J. R. & G. Forst. – an isolated genus |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=95 |issue=1 |pages=9–18 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.1987.tb01832.x}}
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Category:Cucurbitales genera Category:Corynocarpaceae