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|accepted_name=Gunnera
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=12, 2: 587, 597. 1767
|year=1767
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|common_names=Chilean rhubarb;gunnère du Chili
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|hierarchy=Gunneraceae;Gunnera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Gunneraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gunnera]]</div></div>
|etymology=For John Ernest Gunner, 1718–1773, Norwegian bishop and botanist
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>± horizontal; scales 10–20 cm, laciniate. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole attached to rhizome; blade ± orbiculate [reniform]. <b>Spikes</b> dense, stout, ± conic. <b>Flowers</b> sessile or pedicel as long as ovary; sepals green; stigmas linear, slender. <b>Drupes</b> ovate to oblong. <b>x</b> = 12, 17.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;introduced also in w Europe;Pacific Islands.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 35–50 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>In addition to Gunnera tinctoria, the smaller South American species G. manicata Linden ex Delchevalerie is cultivated along the Pacific Coast and has been noted as persisting in abandoned gardens in the Fraser River delta region, British Columbia; there is no evidence of self-sown populations (S. F. Lomer, pers. comm.).</p>
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|authority=Linnaeus
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|family=Gunneraceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;introduced also in w Europe;Pacific Islands.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1767
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