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| |common_name=Velvet plant | | |common_name=Velvet plant |
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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. |
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| Gynura (name refers to the tailed stigmas). Compositae. Tropical herbs, sometimes grown under glass for the large showy foliage. | | Gynura (name refers to the tailed stigmas). Compositae. Tropical herbs, sometimes grown under glass for the large showy foliage. |
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| ==Species== | | ==Species== |
− | Other species, but not known to be in the American trade, are: G. auriculata, Cans. (G. ovalis, DC. Cacalia ovalis, Ker). Only slightly villous: lvs. oval, entire or repand, green both aides: fls. yellow, fragrant. China. B.R. 101.—G. bicolar, DC. 2-3 ft., of looser growth than the above, glabrous: lvs. lanceovate, somewhat downy, short-petioled, deep-toothed or pinnatifid, green above and purple beneath: fls. orange. Moluccas. B.M. 5123.—G. ovalis, DC.=G. auriculata.—G. sarmentosa, DC. Climbing, with purple glabrous sts.: lvs. narrow, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, petioted, remotely small-toothed, green and purple-ribbed. Warmhouse plant from Malayan Isls.{{SCH}}
| + | 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" |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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| <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> | | <!--- 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 *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> |