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Gunnera manicata - Leaf - Click to enlarge!

Leaf; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Inflorescence close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence close-up; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Section of lower leaf surface - Click to enlarge!

Section of lower leaf surface; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Leaf bud - Click to enlarge!

Leaf bud; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Leaf stem - Click to enlarge!

Leaf stem; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera manicata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Leipzig Botanical Garden, Leipzig, Germany; 6/2011 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 650
Date of entry: 29.09.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Giant Rhubarb

German: Mammutblatt

Portuguese: Urtigão

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Gunnerales (4)

        Family: Gunneraceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Gunnera (4)

            Epithet: manicata Linden ex André (1)

Synonym: Gunnera brasiliensis Schindl.

brasiliensis => of Brazilian origin

manicata => long-sleeved (Latin)

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, red, orange

External links

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