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Gunnera tinctoria - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera tinctoria - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

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

Inflorescence close-up; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera tinctoria - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera tinctoria - Petiole - Click to enlarge!

Petiole; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Gunnera tinctoria - Leaf upper side - Click to enlarge!

Leaf upper side; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

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

Section of lower leaf surface; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 534
Date of entry: 04.05.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Chilean gunnera

German: Chilenische Gunnera, Färber-Gunnera

Portuguese: Gigante

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2586)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)

      Order: Gunnerales (4)

        Family: Gunneraceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Gunnera (4)

            Epithet: tinctoria (Molina) Mirbel (3)

Synonym: Gunnera chilensis Lam.

chilensis => from Chile

tinctoria => used for dyeing.

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: brown, green, red

External links

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