Gynura

Gynura is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae endemic to Asia. The best known species is Gynura aurantiaca, often grown as a house plant. This plant is commonly known as "purple passion" because of the velvety purple leaves.

Species[1][2]
  • Gynura abbreviata F.G.Davies
  • Gynura albicaulis W.W.Sm.
  • Gynura amplexicaulis Oliv. & Hiern
  • Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) Sch.Bip. ex DC.
  • Gynura barbareifolia Gagnep.
  • Gynura batorensis F.G.Davies
  • Gynura bicolor (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. (Okinawa spinach; nutritious cooked vegetable. Known as KinJiSo in Japan. Known as Hong FengCai (紅鳳菜) in Taiwan.)
  • Gynura brassii F.G.Davies
  • Gynura calciphila Kerr
  • Gynura campanulata C.Jeffrey
  • Gynura carnosula Zoll. & Mor.
  • Gynura cernua (Cass.) Benth.
  • Gynura colaniae Merr.
  • Gynura colorata F.G.Davies
  • Gynura cusimbua (D.Don) S.Moore
  • Gynura divaricata (L.) DC.
  • Gynura drymophila (F.Muell.) F.G.Davies
  • Gynura elberti J.Kost.
  • Gynura elliptica Y.Yabe & Hayata ex Hayata
  • Gynura emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu
  • Gynura formosana Kitam.
  • Gynura fulva F.G.Davies
  • Gynura grandifolia F.G.Davies
  • Gynura haematophylla DC.
  • Gynura hispida Thwaites
  • Gynura hmopaengensis H.Koyama
  • Gynura japonica (Thunb.) Juel
  • Gynura lycopersicifolia DC.
  • Gynura malaccensis Belcher
  • Gynura mauritiana
  • Gynura micheliana J.-G.Adam
  • Gynura nepalensis DC. (cholesterol spinach; supposedly cholesterol-lowering)
  • Gynura nitida DC.
  • Gynura panershenia Z.Y.Zhu
  • Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.
  • Gynura proschii Briq.
  • Gynura pseudochina (L.) DC.
  • Gynura rubiginosa Elmer
  • Gynura sarmentosa "Aureo-variegata", "Pink Ice"
  • Gynura scandens O.Hoffm.
  • Gynura sechellensis (Baker) Hemsl.
  • Gynura steenisii F.G.Davies
  • Gynura sundaiaca F.G.Davies
  • Gynura taiwanensis S.S.Ying
  • Gynura travancorica W.W.Sm.
  • Gynura valeriana Oliv.
  • Gynura vidaliana Elmer
  • Gynura zeylanica Trim.

Gynura
Gynura aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Senecioneae[1]
Genus:
Gynura

Cass.
Synonyms[1]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. The Plant List search for Gynura


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