Global InformationGynura aurantiaca information
| Gynura aurantiaca | |
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| Flowering Gynura aurantiaca specimen in cultivation | |
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| Gynura aurantiaca specimen with several infructescences | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gynura |
| Species: | G. aurantiaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) DC. 1838, not Benth. 1849
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Synonymy
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Gynura aurantiaca, called purple passion or velvet plant, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to Southeast Asia but grown in many other places as a house plant. In warm regions, it is frequently grown outdoors on patios and in gardens rather than inside buildings, and hence it has escaped into the wild in Africa, Australia, South America, Mesoamerica, Florida, and a few other places.[2][3][4]
- ^ The Plant List, Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) DC.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
- ^ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa