Gunnera perpensa

Gunnera perpensa

Gunnera perpensa

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: Gunnera perpensa

Name

Gunnera perpensa L. (1767)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Perpensum blitispermum Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 30 (1768).
  • Gunnera calthifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 11 (1796).
  • Gunnera perpensa var. angusta Schindl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 225: 117 (1905).
  • Gunnera perpensa var. kilimandscharica Schindl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 225: 117 (1905).
  • Gunnera perpensa var. alpina T.C.E.Fr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 36 (1924).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Burundi, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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. : 121

Additional references

• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gunnera perpensa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. Sep. Gunnera perpensa. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sep.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gunnera perpensa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sep 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Gunnera perpensa. 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 30. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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