Editing Gunnera (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Gunneraceae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]] - present,
{{fossil range|90|0}}
| image = Gunnera tinctoria 2.jpg
| image_caption = ''Gunnera tinctoria'' at the [[San Francisco Botanical Garden]] at Strybing Arboretum
| parent_authority = [[Carl Meissner|Meisn.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal | author = Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
| taxon = Gunnera
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=l/>
| synonyms = *''Milligania'' <small>Hook.f., rejected name</small>
*''Panke'' <small>Molina</small>
*''Pankea'' <small>Oerst.</small>
| range_map = Gunnera distribution.svg
| range_map_caption = The range of the genus ''Gunnera''<ref name="Bergman" />
}}
[[File:gunnera.manicata.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Gunnera manicata'', Devon, England]]
[[File:Gunnera insignis.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Gunnera insignis'', [[Costa Rica]]]]

'''''Gunnera''''' is the sole genus of [[herbaceous]] [[flowering plant]]s in the family '''Gunneraceae''', which contains 63 species. Some species in this genus, namely those in the subgenus ''Panke'', have extremely large leaves. Species in the genus are variously native to [[Latin America]],  [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papuasia]], [[Hawaii]], [[insular Southeast Asia]], [[Africa]], and [[Madagascar]].<ref name=l>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=370359 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> The stalks of some species are edible.<ref name="TasteAtlas" />