Gunnera perpensa
Gunnera perpensa

Taxonavigation

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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

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Gunnera perpensa L. (1767)

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • 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
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Vernacular names

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