Gynura aurantiaca

Gynura aurantiaca
Flowering Gynura aurantiaca specimen in cultivation
Gynura aurantiaca specimen with several infructescences
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gynura
Species:
G. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Gynura aurantiaca
(Blume) DC. 1838, not Benth. 1849
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Cacalia aurantiaca Blume 1826
  • Crassocephalum aurantiacum (Blume) Kuntze
  • Crassocephalum teysmannianum Kuntze
  • Gynura ajakensis Hochr.
  • Gynura densiflora Miq.
  • Gynura dichotoma Turcz.
  • Gynura lyrata Sch.Bip.
  • Gynura mollis Sch.Bip.
  • Gynura sumatrana Miq.
  • Senecio zollingerianus Sch.Bip.

Gynura aurantiaca, called purple passion or velvet plant, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to Southeast Asia but grown in many other places as a house plant. In warm regions, it is frequently grown outdoors on patios and in gardens rather than inside buildings, and hence it has escaped into the wild in Africa, Australia, South America, Mesoamerica, Florida, and a few other places.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) DC.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
  4. ^ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa