Gunnera magellanica

Gunnera magellanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Gunnerales
Family: Gunneraceae
Genus: Gunnera
Species:
G. magellanica
Binomial name
Gunnera magellanica

Gunnera magellanica is a perennial rhizomatous dioeceous herb native to Chile,[1] Argentina and the Falkland Islands, and Andean areas of Peru, Ecuador.[2] In the southern part of its range it grows in damper parts of the Magellanic subpolar forests and Valdivian temperate forests,[3] and shrub formations on Tierra del Fuego, with an altitudinal range from sea level to 1,500 m (4,920 ft).

  1. ^ Reiche, Karl (1898). Flora de Chile. Vol. 2. Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Cervantes. pp. 273–274. OCLC: 12918229.
  2. ^ "Gunnera magellanica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Valdivian Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest". NatureServe Explorer. The Nature Conservancy.