Gunnerales

Also known as G. mexicana, with a native range from Mexico to Nicaragua. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mixed/index.html

Ranging at elevation from Colombia to Bolivia. Photo from west of Baeza, Ecuador. One of the larger species of this genus, locally known as Paraquillas. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mixed/index.html

Risaralda, Colombia

The berries of this mini-gunnera are known as Frutilla del Diablo (Devil's Strawberries). Photo from the valley of the Rio Exploradores, Chilean Patagonia.

Native to Chile, where it is known as Pangue enano, here at UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/flora/misc_herb/index.html

The Chilean Gunnera is known in central and southern Chile as Nalca or as Pangue.In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/flora/misc_herb/index.html

Quetzal Trail Volcan Baru, Chiriqui Prov. Panama

This form of Ruibarbo Gigante is the largest and most tropical, found from Colombia to Brazil. Stems are chewed despite oxalic acid. Univ. of B.C. gardens. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/flora/mixed/index.html

Fruiting assemblages are as unusual as the giant plant itself.

Toro Amarillo, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Boquete District, Chiriqui, Panama

A detail of the seeds of Ruibarbo Gigante in central Costa Rica.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mixed/index.html