A genus of large tropical and subtropical plants with giant leaves, sometimes called giant rhubarb.
Named after Johann Ernst Gunnerus, an 18th-century Norwegian botanist and bishop. The plant was formally classified and named in his honor during the era of Linnaean taxonomy.
Gunnera is absolutely massive—some species grow leaves bigger than a person's head, and the plant was so exotic that Victorian gardeners became obsessed with growing it in their greenhouses as a status symbol.
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