Gunnera
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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 leav
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Gunnera manicata, Devon, England
Gunnera insignis, Costa Rica
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Gunnera × cryptica
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Gunnera × cryptica is a hybrid between Gunnera manicata and Gunnera tinctoria. Both species were introduced into cultivation in Western Europe towards the end of the 19th century. The hybrid occurred
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…the following species separated by subgenus: In 2022, it was shown that plants in cultivation under the name Gunnera manicata were actually a hybrid, Gunnera × cryptica. At least some species of Gunnera host endosymbiotic cyanobacteria such as Nostoc punctiforme. The cyanobacteria provide fixed nitrogen to the plant…
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1879 illustrations of Gunnera tinctoria (left top and bottom) and Gunnera manicata (right) in cultivation