Gonatogyne

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Gonatogyne

|parent_authority = Klotzsch ex Müll.Arg.

|species = brasiliensis

|authority = (Baill.) Müll.Arg.

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|synonyms = * Amanoa brasiliensis Baill.

• Savia brasiliensis (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
• Gonatogyne lucens Klotzsch ex Baill., name published without description

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Gonatogyne is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1873.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9637#page/14/mode/1up Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1873. in Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von, Flora Brasiliensis 11(2): 13] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016069 Tropicos, Gonatogyne Klotzsch ex Müll. Arg] It contains only one known species, Gonatogyne brasiliensis, endemic to southeastern Brazil.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=91518 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroOliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.{{cite journal|jstor=20443245|title=A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Petra|last2=Kathriarachchi|first2=Hashendra|last3=Wurdack|first3=Kenneth J.|journal=Kew Bulletin|year=2006|volume=61|issue=1|pages=37–53}}