MORLEY READ / Beetles feeding on leaves of the Poor man's umbrella, Central and South America

Juan Manuel Borrero / Carvao aqueduct with Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria) at base. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Chilean gunnera (Gunnera tinctoria) at edge of footpath, woman hiking along path. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Adrian Davies / Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) leaf in autumn showing remnant of green.

Doug Wechsler / Gunnera (Gunnera sp) leaf bud, Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Gunnera (Gunnera sp) leaf bud, Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Gunnera leaves (Gunnera sp) Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Giant leaves of Gunnera sp in cloud forest, Province Zamora-Chinchipe, Tapichalaca Biological Reserve, Ecuador

Alex Hyde / Vegetaion including huge leaves of (Gunnera insignis) growing next to the crater rim of Volcano Irazu, 3400m Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Poor Man's umbrella (Gunnera insignis) growing around the caldera rim of Volcano Irazu, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Chilean rhubarb leaf (Gunnera manicata) dead in winter, showing pattern of veins.

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian rhubarb (Gunnera manicata), State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian rhubarb (Gunnera manicata), State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, September.

Martin Gabriel / Poorman's Umbrella (Gunnera insignis) growing at an altitude of 3200m on Irazu volcano, Costa Rica, February

Konrad Wothe / Gunnera (Gunnera insignis) in mountain rainforest of Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Kevin Schafer / Darwin's Fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) portrait amongst Chilean Rhubarb / Nalca (Gunnera tinctoria) in temperate rainforest, Chiloe Island, Chile, November, Critically Endangered

Kevin Schafer / Darwin's Fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) portrait amongst Chilean Rhubarb / Nalca (Gunnera tinctoria) leaves, in temperate rainforest, Chiloe Island, Chile, November, Critically Endangered

Kevin Schafer / Darwin's Fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) portrait sitting in temperate rainforest, Chiloe Island, Chile, November, Critically Endangered

Martin Gabriel / Poor man's parasol (Gunnera insignis) in flower near Mirador de Quetzales, Costa Rica

Kevin Schafer / Poor Man's Umbrella (Gunnera insignis) leaves showing ribs and veination, Volcan Irazu National Park, Costa Rica

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) on the slope of the road to Aparados da Serra National Park, Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) on the slope of the road to Aparados da Serra National Park, Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.

Adrian Davies / {Gunnera tinctoria} attempt by farmer to kill with weedkiller, the glyphosate RoundUp, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, May.

Adrian Davies / Gunnera tinctoria - invasive plant species growing on large tracts on land on Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Gunnera tinctoria - invasive plant species growing on large tracts of land on Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Gunnera tinctoria - invasive plant species growing on large tracts of land on Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Gunnera tinctoria - invasive plant species growing on large tracts on land on Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Gunnera tinctoria - invasive species growing around Carrick Kildavnet Castle, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

Graham Eaton / River Alyn dried up during the summer, Clwyd, Wales, UK, 2007. The River dissapears underground during dry summers, Mold, Clwyd, Wales, UK, May 2007

Philippe Clement / Man sticking head through Poor man's umbrella (Gunnera insignis) in cloud forest, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Poor man's umbrella (Gunnera sp) in cloud forest, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest vegetation with Poor Man's Umbrella (Gunnera sp) in foreground, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Poor man's umbrella (Gunnera sp) in cloud Forest, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Poor Man's Umbrella {Gunnera sp} Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Leaf of Poor man's umbrella {Gunnera sp} Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Adrian Davies / Close-up of leaf (Gunnera sp.). UK, Europe

Adrian Davies / Close-up of Gunnera leaf {Gunnera sp} backlit showing veins

Ashley Cooper / Gunnera (Gunnera tinctoria) leaf close up, Holehird Gardens, Windermere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK. July.