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 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.