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Gynura
Gynura is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae native 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
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gynura japonica
speciesGynura japonica
purple passion plant
speciesGynura aurantiaca
Okinawa spinach
speciesGynura bicolor
Gynura formosana
speciesGynura formosana
Longevity spinach
speciesGynura procumbens
Gynura divaricata
speciesGynura divaricata
Gynura elliptica
speciesGynura elliptica
gynura
speciesGynura drymophila
Gynura scandens
speciesGynura scandens
Gynura pseudochina
speciesGynura pseudochina
Gynura cusimbua
speciesGynura cusimbua
Gynura sechellensis
speciesGynura sechellensis
Gynura nepalensis
speciesGynura nepalensis
Gynura amplexicaulis
speciesGynura amplexicaulis
Gynura hispida
speciesGynura hispida
Gynura micheliana
speciesGynura micheliana
Gynura nitida
speciesGynura nitida
Gynura zeylanica
speciesGynura zeylanica
Gynura barbareifolia
speciesGynura barbareifolia
Gynura travancorica
speciesGynura travancorica
Gynura colorata
speciesGynura colorata
Gynura valeriana
speciesGynura valeriana
Gynura longifolia
speciesGynura longifolia
Gynura campanulata
speciesGynura campanulata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Gynura in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 157192.