Gunnera bracteata Steud. ex Benn.
First published in Pl. Jav. Rar.: 75 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Juan Fernández Islands (Island Robinson Crusoe). It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Juan Fernández Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Pankea bracteata (Steud. ex Benn.) Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 192 (1857)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Gunnera glabra Phil. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 643 (1856)
- Gunnera insularis Phil. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 642 (1856)
- Gunnera pyramidalis Schindl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 225: 119 (1905)
- Gunnera scabra Phil. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 643 (1856), nom. illeg.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Dec 1, 1970 | Bertero, C.G.L. [s.n.], Chile | K000442278 | isolectotype | Yes | |
| Dec 1, 1970 | Bertero, C.G.L. [1463], Chile | K000442296 | isolectotype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0