Gonystylus augescens
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| Gonystylus augescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Gonystylus |
| Species: | G. augescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonystylus augescens | |
Gonystylus augescens is a flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to Borneo.
Taxonomy
Gonystylus augescens was first described in 1946 by English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley in the Kew Bulletin.[2] The lectotype was collected in Sarawak in Borneo. The specific epithet augescens means 'elongating', referring to the inflorescence.[3]