gyrinops
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Leaves of Gyrinops walla.JPG
|image_caption = Leaves of Gyrinops walla
|taxon = Gyrinops
|authority = Gaertn. (1791)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 9; see text
|subdivision_ref = {{cite web |title=Gyrinops Gaertn. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39257-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 September 2024}}
|synonyms =
- Brachythalamus {{small|Gilg (1899)}}
- Lachnolepis {{small|Miq. (1863)}}
}}
Gyrinops is a genus of nine species of trees, called lign aloes or lign-aloes trees, in the family Thymelaeaceae.[http://eol.org/pages/5469849/overview EOL - Gyrinops] They are native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea.
The genus Gyrinops is closely related to Aquilaria and in the past all species were considered to belong to Aquilaria.Blanchette, Robert A. (2006) [http://forestpathology.cfans.umn.edu/Papua%20New%20Guinea%20Agarwood%20Research.htm "Cultivated Agarwood - Training programs and Research in Papua New Guinea"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718073913/http://forestpathology.cfans.umn.edu/Papua%20New%20Guinea%20Agarwood%20Research.htm |date=2017-07-18 }}, Forest Pathology and Wood Microbiology Research Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota
Agarwood production
Together with Aquilaria the genus is best known as the principal producer of the resin-suffused agarwood.Barden, Angela (2000) Heart of the Matter: Agarwood Use and Trade and CITES Implementation for Aquilaria malaccensis TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, {{ISBN|1-85850-177-6}}Ng, L.T., Chang Y.S. and Kadir, A.A. (1997) "A review on agar (gaharu) producing Aquilaria species" Journal of Tropical Forest Products 2(2): pp. 272-285 The depletion of wild trees from indiscriminate cutting for agarwood has resulted in the trees being listed and protected as an endangered species.Broad, S. (1995) "Agarwood harvesting in Vietnam" TRAFFIC Bulletin 15:96
Projects are currently underway in some countries in southeast Asia to infect cultivated trees artificially to produce agarwood in a sustainable manner. In Indonesia, for example, there have been proposals to encourage the planting of gahara, as it is known as locally, in eastern Indonesia, particularly in the province of Papua.Theresia Sufa, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/02/gaharu-indonesia039s-endangered-fragrant-wood.html Gaharu: Indonesia's endangered fragrant wood'], The Jakarta Post, 2 February 2010.
Species
- Gyrinops caudata {{Au|(Gilg) Domke}}
- Gyrinops decipiens {{Au|Ding Hou}}
- Gyrinops ledermanii {{Au|Domke}}
- Gyrinops moluccana {{Au|(Miq.) Baill.}}
- Gyrinops podocarpa {{Au|(Gilg) Domke}}
- Gyrinops salicifolia {{Au|Ridl.}}
- Gyrinops versteegii {{Au|(Gilg) Domke}}
- Gyrinops vidalii {{Au|P.H.Hô}}
- Gyrinops walla {{Au|Gaertn.}}
References
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Category:Taxa described in 1791
Category:Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner
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