Английская Википедия:Gunnera magnifica

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Gunnera magnifica, commonly called hoja de pantano, is a large herbaceous shrub or tree-like plant native to the montane rainforests of the Colombian Andes in Caldas Province. It can grow as high as Шаблон:Convert The lower trunk is decumbent and rhizomatous, while the upper trunk is upright and palm-like. This pachycaul trunk is up to Шаблон:Convert thick. At the top is a rosette of huge leaves, the blade, or lamina of which is up to Шаблон:Convert long by up to 184 cm (six feet) in width. The stalk, or petiole is Шаблон:Convert in length and Шаблон:Convert in thickness. These huge leaves emerge from a bud up to Шаблон:Convert long by up to Шаблон:Convert wide; the largest leaf bud of any known plant. The panicle of red, dimerous (two sepals, two petals, two stamens, and a two styled pistel) flowers, panicle and pedicel combined, is up to Шаблон:Convert in height.[1] The bud scales covering the terminal bud are up to Шаблон:Convert in length by up to 7.5 cm (three inches) wide, the largest of any known plant.[2]

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  1. St. John op. cit. p. 525
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