Gunnera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gunnerales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Gunnerales

Familia: Gunneraceae
Genus: Gunnera
Species: G. aequatoriensis – G. albocarpa – G. annae – G. antioquensis – G. apiculata – G. arenaria – G. atropurpurea – G. berteroi – G. bogotana – G. bolivari – G. boliviana – G. bracteata – G. brephogea – G. caucana – G. colombiana – G. cordifolia – G. cuatrecasasii – G. densiflora – G. dentata – G. diazii – G. flavida – G. garciae-barrigae – G. hamiltonii – G. hernandezii – G. herteri – G. insignis – G. × katherine-wilsoniae – G. kauaiensis – G. killipiana – G. lobata – G. lozanoi – G. macrophylla – G. magellanica – G. magnifica – G. manicata – G. margaretae – G. masafuerae – G. mexicana – G. mixta – G. monoica – G. morae – G. peltata – G. perpensa – G. peruviana – G. petaloidea – G. pilosa – G. pittieriana – G. prorepens – G. quitoensis – G. reniformis – G. saint-johnii – G. sanctae-marthae – G. schindleri – G. schultesii – G. silvioana – G. steyermarkii – G. strigosa – G. tacueyana – G. tajumbina – G. talamancana – G. tamanensis – G. tayrona – G. tinctoria – G. venezolana
Nothospecies: G. × cryptica

Name

Gunnera L., Mant. Pl. 1: 16 (1767).

Type species: Gunnera perpensa L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Perpensum Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 30 (1768).
- Panke Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 143 (1782).
- Misandra Comm. ex Juss., Gen. Pl.: 405 (1789).
- Dysemone Sol. ex G.Forst., Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 45 (1789), nom. nud.
- Milligania Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 3: t. 299 (1840), nom. rej.
- Pankea Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 192 (1857).
- Gunneropsis Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 193 (1857).
- Misandropsis Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 192 (1857).
- Pseudogunnera Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 193 (1857).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Gunnera

Heterotypic
Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France (introduced).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (introduced).
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Tasmania.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia (introduced).
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon, Washington (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California (introduced).
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.
Continental: Antarctic
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Falkland Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus., C. 1767–1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. [143]–587 pp. Holmiae: Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page.

Additional references

Mora-Osejo, L.E., Pabón-Mora, N. & González, F. 2011. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 109: 1-166.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gunnera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sep 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gunnera. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2023.
Tropicos.org 2021. Gunnera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Gunnera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 29. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gunnera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

suomi: Gunnerat
magyar: Óriáslapu