Gunnera petaloidea Gaudich.
First published in Voy. Uranie: 512 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hawaiian Islands. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Hawaii
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Gunneropsis petaloidea (Gaudich.) Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 193 (1857)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Gunnera eastwoodiae H.St.John in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 391 (1946)
- Gunnera kaalaensis (Krajina) H.St.John in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 392 (1946)
- Gunnera makahaensis H.St.John in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 394 (1946)
- Gunnera mauiensis (Krajina) H.St.John in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 389 (1946)
- Gunnera molokaiensis H.St.John in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 388 (1946)
- Gunnera petaloidea var. kaalaensis Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 50 (1930)
- Gunnera petaloidea var. mauiensis Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 50 (1930)
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 1991 | USA | 57545.000 | No | ||
| St. John, H. [11478], Hawaii | Gunnera eastwoodiae | K000786062 | isotype | Yes | |
| St. John, H. [11478], Hawaii | Gunnera eastwoodiae | K000786061 | isotype | 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