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Gentians
Gentiana
Gentiana /ˌdʒɛntʃiˈeɪnə/ is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species it is considered a large genus. They are notable for their mostly large, trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pneumonanthe
sectionPneumonanthe
Calathianae
sectionCalathianae
Ciminalis
sectionCiminalis
Section Gentiana
sectionGentiana
Willow Gentian
sectionAsclepiadeae
Cruciata
sectionCruciata
Chondrophylla
sectionChondrophylla
Frigida
sectionFrigida
Dolichocarpa
sectionDolichocarpa
Kudoa
sectionKudoa
Isomeria
sectionIsomeria
Gentiana karelinii
speciesGentiana karelinii
Gentiana tenuissima
speciesGentiana tenuissima
Fimbricorona
sectionFimbricorona
Phyllocalyx
sectionPhyllocalyx
Microsperma
sectionMicrosperma
Gentiana manshurica
speciesGentiana manshurica
Gentiana oligophylla
speciesGentiana oligophylla
Gentiana nudicaulis
speciesGentiana nudicaulis
Gentiana grumii
speciesGentiana grumii
Gentiana flexicaulis
speciesGentiana flexicaulis
Gentiana argentea
speciesGentiana argentea
Gentiana rigescens
speciesGentiana rigescens
Gentiana hesseliana
speciesGentiana hesseliana
Gentiana chazaroi
speciesGentiana chazaroi
Gentiana membranulifera
speciesGentiana membranulifera
Gentiana borneensis
speciesGentiana borneensis
Baeuerlen's Gentian
speciesGentiana baeuerlenii
Gentiana taliensis
speciesGentiana taliensis
Gentiana lowryi
speciesGentiana lowryi
Gentiana pseudosquarrosa
speciesGentiana pseudosquarrosa
Gentiana ettingshausenii
speciesGentiana ettingshausenii
Gentiana sutchuenensis
speciesGentiana sutchuenensis
Gentiana asterocalyx
speciesGentiana asterocalyx
Gentiana crassa
speciesGentiana crassa
Gentiana linoides
speciesGentiana linoides
Gentiana pulvinarum
speciesGentiana pulvinarum
Gentiana bryoides
speciesGentiana bryoides
Gentiana tricolor
speciesGentiana tricolor
Gentiana bella
speciesGentiana bella
Gentiana timida
speciesGentiana timida
Gentiana franchetiana
speciesGentiana franchetiana
Gentiana scytophylla
speciesGentiana scytophylla
Gentiana pedata
speciesGentiana pedata
Gentiana decemfida
speciesGentiana decemfida
Gentiana maeulchanensis
speciesGentiana maeulchanensis
Gentiana grata
speciesGentiana grata
Gentiana macgregoryi
speciesGentiana macgregoryi
Gentiana pubigera
speciesGentiana pubigera
Wingecarribee Gentian
speciesGentiana wingecarribiensis
Kashmir Gentian
speciesGentiana cachemirica
Gentiana boissieri
speciesGentiana boissieri
Gentiana tornezyana
speciesGentiana tornezyana
Gentiana bolavenensis
speciesGentiana bolavenensis
Gentiana wangchukii
speciesGentiana wangchukii
Gentiana atlantica
speciesGentiana atlantica
Gentiana perpusilla
speciesGentiana perpusilla
Gentiana sasidharanii
speciesGentiana sasidharanii
Gentiana beamanii
speciesGentiana beamanii
Gentiana leroyana
speciesGentiana leroyana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.243
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.207
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.227
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.465
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.816
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.361
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.288
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.297
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.175
Herbarius
1485 · p.148
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.168
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.169
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Gentiana in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56348.