Stinkwood family : HERNANDIACEAE (MAGNOLIIDAE) in Australia
including Gyrocarpaceae.

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Don Herbison-Evans
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Christine Ashe
 
Plants in Australia Plant
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Hernandia moerenhoutiana
Mountain Lantern-tree
Mt. Coot-tha Botanic Garden
Brisbane, Qld
Photo: courtesy of
Tatiana Gerus

Hernandia nymphaeifolia
Chinese Lantern-tree
Green Island, Qld
Photo: courtesy of
David Tng

Plants in Hernandiaceae are the favoured foodplant of some caterpillars of Australian moths, including:


Psilogramma argos

Coenotes eremophilae

Teleclita dryinopa

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(updated 24 October 2009, 6 January 2016, 9 June 2020)