Gynura
Encyclopedia
Gynura is an Asian genus of the botanical
family
Asteraceae
. http://www.botany.com/gynura.html, subfamily Asteroideae
, tribe Senecioneae
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The most known species is Gynura aurantiaca, so called because of the color of its orange inflorescences. This plant is also commonly known as "Purple Passion" because of the velvety purple leaves. Other species are
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. http://www.botany.com/gynura.html, subfamily Asteroideae
Asteroideae
Asteroideae is a subfamily of the plant family Asteraceae. It contains about 70% of the species of the family.It is made of several tribes including Astereae, Calenduleae, Eupatorieae, Gnaphalieae, Heliantheae, Senecioneae and Tageteae.- Classification :...
, tribe Senecioneae
Senecioneae
Senecioneae is the largest tribe of the Asteraceae, or the sunflower family, comprising approximately 150 genera and 3,000 species. Almost one-third of the species in this tribe are placed in the genus Senecio...
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The most known species is Gynura aurantiaca, so called because of the color of its orange inflorescences. This plant is also commonly known as "Purple Passion" because of the velvety purple leaves. Other species are
- Gynura aurantiaca (ornamental potted plant)
- Gynura bicolor (Okinawa spinach; nutritious cooked vegetable. Known as KinJiSo in Japan)
- Gynura crepidioides (nutritious cooked vegetable)
- Gynura drymophila
- Gynura formosana
- Gynura nepalensis (cholesterol spinach; supposedly cholesterol-lowering)
- Gynura sarcobasis (Thickhead; formerly Crassocephalum & Gynura crepidioides; http://www.hear.org/gcw/html/menus/fam_a.htm Correct name is Crassocephalum sarcobasis.
- Gynura sarmentosa
- Gynura sarmentosa "Pink Ice"
- Gynura sarmentosa "Aureo-variegata"