Gunnera monoica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Gunnerales |
Family: | Gunneraceae |
Genus: | Gunnera |
Species: | G. monoica
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Binomial name | |
Gunnera monoica Raoul, E. (1844)
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Synonyms | |
Gunnera mixta Kirk |
Gunnera monoica is a species of Gunnera endemic to New Zealand. It is one of the smallest species of Gunnera, with leaves of around 3 cm (1.2 in) wide. It spreads by forming stolons in damp ground. [2]
G. monoica flowers between October and November, and produces fruit from December until February. [3] This fruit is barrel shaped and white in colour, though some varieties may have purple or red flecks. [3] The leaves have a rounded appearance and either a corrugated or spiky margin. [4] The species is visually similar to Gunnera strigosa, but with differences in the leaf shape and hair distribution. The fruits are small, only 2 millimetres in length, and red to reddish-yellow. It grows in moist, lowland forests and grasslands. [5]
Gunnera monoica is native to New Zealand. [6] [7]
Gunnera monoica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Gunnerales |
Family: | Gunneraceae |
Genus: | Gunnera |
Species: | G. monoica
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Binomial name | |
Gunnera monoica Raoul, E. (1844)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
Gunnera mixta Kirk |
Gunnera monoica is a species of Gunnera endemic to New Zealand. It is one of the smallest species of Gunnera, with leaves of around 3 cm (1.2 in) wide. It spreads by forming stolons in damp ground. [2]
G. monoica flowers between October and November, and produces fruit from December until February. [3] This fruit is barrel shaped and white in colour, though some varieties may have purple or red flecks. [3] The leaves have a rounded appearance and either a corrugated or spiky margin. [4] The species is visually similar to Gunnera strigosa, but with differences in the leaf shape and hair distribution. The fruits are small, only 2 millimetres in length, and red to reddish-yellow. It grows in moist, lowland forests and grasslands. [5]
Gunnera monoica is native to New Zealand. [6] [7]