Английская Википедия:Gunnera manicata
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Gunnera manicata, known as Brazilian giant-rhubarb[1] or giant rhubarb,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Gunneraceae from the coastal Serra do Mar Mountains of Santa Catarina, Parana and Rio Grande do Sul States, Brazil.[3][4] In cultivation, the name G. manicata has regularly been wrongly applied to the hybrid with G. tinctoria, G. × cryptica.[5]
Description
Gunnera manicata is a large, clump-forming herbaceous perennial growing to Шаблон:Convert tall by Шаблон:Convert or more. The leaves of G. manicata grow to an impressive size. Leaves with diameters well in excess of Шаблон:Convert are commonplace, with a spread of Шаблон:Convert on a mature plant.The largest on record had leaves up to eleven feet (3.3 meters) in width.[6] The underside of the leaf and the whole stalk have spikes on them. In early summer it bears tiny red-green, dimerous flowers in conical branched panicles, followed by small, spherical fruit. Like most gunneras, it has a symbiotic relationship with certain blue-green algae which provide nitrogen by fixation.
Despite the common name "giant rhubarb", this plant is not closely related to true rhubarb. It was named after a Norwegian bishop and naturalist Johan Ernst Gunnerus, who also named and published a description about the basking shark.[7]
Distribution
Gunnera manicata is native to the Serra do Mar mountains of coastal Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states, Brazil, where it is used in traditional medicine for sexually transmitted diseases.[8]
Cultivation
In 2022, it was shown that plants in cultivation under the name Gunnera manicata in Britain and Ireland, and likely elsewhere, were actually a hybrid, Gunnera × cryptica.[5] It is primarily cultivated for its massive leaves.[4] It grows best in damp conditions such as near garden ponds, but dislikes winter cold and wet.[9]
In December 2023 it was announced that Gunnera × cryptica (usually grown as Gunnera manicata) was to be subject to a ban in the UK, meaning it cannot be sold or cultivated, and those who have it in their gardens must ensure it does not spread.[10][11]
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:BSBI 2007
- ↑ Шаблон:PLANTS
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ The Garden Volume 63 issue 1831 (February 21, 1903) page 125
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105837 on 2023-05-11
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
