Gunnera perpensa Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 597; Mantissa Plantarum: 121. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 6907.

Lectotype (Raynal in Adansonia, n.s., 6: 538. 1967): Herb. Linn. No. 1063.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Gunnera Linnaeus.

Current name: Gunnera perpensa L. ( Gunneraceae).