Gunnera monoica
Species of flowering plant
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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]
| Gunnera monoica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Gunnerales |
| Family: | Gunneraceae |
| Genus: | Gunnera |
| Species: | G. monoica |
| Binomial name | |
| Gunnera monoica Raoul, E. (1844) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gunnera mixta Kirk | |
Description
G. monoica flowers between October and November, and produces fruit from December until February.[3] The flowers are greenish,[4] and the fruit is barrel shaped and white in colour (although some varieties may have purple or red flecks).[3] The leaves have a rounded appearance and either a corrugated or spiky margin. [5] 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.[6] It is evergreen.[4]
Range
Bibliography
- Armitage, James (2012), "Gunnera great and small", The Garden, 137 (9), Royal Horticultural Society
- Stock, Paul (2002), "Fixation with Gunnera", New Zealand Garden Journal, 5 (2): 12–14
