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Gunnera
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thumb|right|200px|Gunnera manicata, Devon, England thumb|right|200px|Gunnera insignis, Costa Rica

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  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGunnerales
  5. FamilyGunneraceae
Observations recorded36,920

General: to subgen. Gunnera (subgen. Perpensum (Burm.) Schindler).

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Gunnera
taxon name
Gunnera
taxon common name
蚁塔属
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  • Species
  • Cyanobacterial symbiosis
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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.

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