Gynura is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae native to Asia. The best known species is Gynura aurantiaca, often grown as a house plant. This plant is commonly known as purple passion because of the velvety purple leaves.
Gynura is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae native to Asia. The best known species is Gynura aurantiaca, often grown as a house plant. This plant is commonly known as purple passion because of the velvety purple leaves.
Species Gynura abbreviata F.G.Davies Gynura albicaulis W.W.Sm. Gynura amplexicaulis Oliv. & Hiern Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) Sch.Bip. ex DC. Gynura barbareifolia Gagnep. Gynura batorensis F.G.Davies Gynura bicolor (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. (Okinawa spinach; nutritious cooked vegetable. Known as KinJiSo in Japan. Known as Hong FengCai (紅鳳菜) in Taiwan.) Gynura brassii F.G.Davies Gynura calciphila Kerr Gynura campanulata C.Jeffrey Gynura carnosula Zoll. & Mor. Gynura cernua (Cass.) Benth. Gynura colaniae Merr. Gynura colorata F.G.Davies Gynura cusimbua (D.Don) S.Moore Gynura divaricata (L.) DC. Gynura drymophila (F.Muell.) F.G.Davies Gynura elberti J.Kost. Gynura elliptica Y.Yabe & Hayata ex Hayata Gynura emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu Gynura formosana Kitam. Gynura fulva F.G.Davies Gynura grandifolia F.G.Davies Gynura haematophylla DC. Gynura hispida Thwaites Gynura hmopaengensis H.Koyama Gynura japonica (Thunb.) Juel Gynura lycopersicifolia DC. Gynura malaccensis Belcher Gynura mauritiana Gynura micheliana J.-G.Adam Gynura nepalensis DC. (cholesterol spinach; supposedly cholesterol-lowering) Gynura nitida DC. Gynura panershenia Z.Y.Zhu Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. Gynura proschii Briq. Gynura pseudochina (L.) DC. Gynura rubiginosa Elmer Gynura sarmentosa "Aureo-variegata", "Pink Ice" Gynura scandens O.Hoffm. Gynura sechellensis (Baker) Hemsl. Gynura steenisii F.G.Davies Gynura sundaiaca F.G.Davies Gynura taiwanensis S.S.Ying Gynura travancorica W.W.Sm. Gynura valeriana Oliv. Gynura vidaliana Elmer Gynura zeylanica Trim.
