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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Alyogyne''
| image = Alyogyne.JPG
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Alyogyne huegelii]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Alyogyne'''''
| genus_authority = [[Alef.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 
See text.
}}

'''''Alyogyne''''' is a  [[genus]] of  [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Malvaceae]] which are endemic to Australia. Its species were formerly in the genus [[Hibiscus]] but were split off starting in 1863 with ''H. hakaeifolius''. In 1915 Lewton transferred ''H. cuneiformis'' and in Fryxell (1968) ''H. pinonianus'' and ''H. huegelii'' followed. A recent revision has created many new species.

The name Alyogyne comes from the Greek words "alytos" (undivided) and "gyne" (female). "Gyne" referers to the [[Carpel|style]]s which are female parts of a flower. In Hibiscus, the style is branched below the [[Carpel|stigma]]s but in Alyogyne it is undivided.

Species include:

*''[[Alyogyne angulata]]''       
*''[[Alyogyne angustiloba]]''        
*''[[Alyogyne coronopifolia]]''  
*''[[Alyogyne cuneiformis]]'' (Coastal Hibiscus)
*''[[Alyogyne hakeifolia]]'' 
*''[[Alyogyne huegelii]]'' (Lilac Hibiscus)
*''[[Alyogyne lilacina]]'' 
*''[[Alyogyne multifida]]''  
*''[[Alyogyne pinoniana]]'' (Sand Hibiscus)
*''[[Alyogyne purpurea]]''         
*''[[Alyogyne pyrrhophila]]''         
*''[[Alyogyne wrayae]]''  

==References==
* [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Alyogyne/Alyogyne.html Malvaceae Info: The ''Alyogyne'' Page]

==External links==
* [http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL28/dec02-1.html Australian Plants Online - ''Alyogyne'': An Update]

*[http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=alyogyne FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora: ''Alyogyne'']

* [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/IpniServlet?navig=Show+%3A&chunk_size=100&start_row=0&infrafamily=&infraspecies=&include_authors=on&is_ik_record=on&family=&publication_title=&include_basionym_authors=on&infragenus=&is_apni_record=on&genus=Alyogyne&is_gci_record=on&author_abbrev=&query_type=by_query&species=%25&whole_name= The International Plant Names Index: ''Alyogyne'']

[[Category:Malvaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Australia]]


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