Gunnera
thumb|right|200px|Gunnera manicata, Devon, England thumb|right|200px|Gunnera insignis, Costa Rica
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGunnerales
- FamilyGunneraceae
Native toArgentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia
General: to subgen. Gunnera (subgen. Perpensum (Burm.) Schindler).
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Evolution
- Description
- Species
- Cyanobacterial symbiosis
- Uses
- References
- External links
thumb|right|200px|Gunnera manicata, Devon, England thumb|right|200px|Gunnera insignis, Costa Rica
Gunnera is the sole genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Gunneraceae, which contains 63 species. Some species in this genus, namely those in the subgenus Panke, have extremely large leaves. Species in the genus are variously native to Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Papuasia, Hawaii, insular Southeast Asia, eastern Africa, and Madagascar. The stalks of some species are edible.