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'''''Gynura''''' is an Asian [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Asteraceae]]. [http://www.botany.com/gynura.html], subfamily [[Asteroideae]], tribe [[Senecioneae]]. 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. {{Inc| Gynura (name refers to the tailed stigmas). Compositae. Tropical herbs, sometimes grown under glass for the large showy foliage. Rarely subshrubby: lvs. alternate, entire or lobed, numerous: heads discoid, the florets commonly all fertile, not very showy; involucre cylindrical or somewhat bell-shaped, the narrow bracts in about 1 series: achene narrow, 5-10-striate, with copious slender white pappus-bristles. The gynuras are attractive glasshouse herbs, usually requiring a moderately high temperature; prop, by cuttings. Genus allied to Senecio and Cineraria; of about 40 species in Trop. Afr., Asia, to Austral. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== Species include: * ''[[Gynura aurantiaca]]'' (ornamental potted plant) * ''[[Gynura bicolor]]'' (Okinawa spinach; nutritious cooked vegetable) * ''[[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" ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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