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|accepted_name=Gymnanthes
|accepted_authority=Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.,
|place=6, 95. 1788
|year=1788
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Gymnanthes
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gymnanthes]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek gymnos, naked, and anthos, flower, alluding to highly reduced or absent perianth
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 159, 399
|treatment_page=page 227
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, unarmed, monoecious [dioecious]; hairs absent [unbranched]; latex colorless [white]. <b>Leaves</b> persistent [deciduous], alternate, simple; stipules present, persistent; petiole present, glands absent; blade unlobed, margins entire [serrate], laminar glands abaxial, submarginal [absent]; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal) [unisexual], terminal or axillary, racemelike thyrses; glands subtending each bract 0 [or 2]. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 0[–3]; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens (2–)4(–5)[–100], distinct; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 0[–3]; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, connate basally, unbranched. <b>Fruits</b> capsules. <b>Seeds</b> subglobose; caruncle present [absent].</span><!--

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|distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;Asia;tropical and subtropical regions.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 45 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Members of <i>Gymnanthes</i> are found primarily in the New World; some are in Africa and Asia.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=webster1983b
|text=Webster, G. L. 1983. A botanical Gordian knot: The case of Ateramnus and Gymnanthes (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 32: 304–305.
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name=Gymnanthes
|author=Kenneth J. Wurdack
|authority=Swartz
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;Asia;tropical and subtropical regions.
|reference=webster1983b
|publication title=Prodr.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=
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|genus=Gymnanthes
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