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Section Gentiana
Gentiana
Gentiana () is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With over 300 species, it is considered a large genus. Gentians are notable for their mostly large trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue hue, though some are also bright yellow. The type species of the genus is Gentiana lutea.
The genus name is a tribute to Gentius, an Illyrian king who may have discovered tonic properties in gentians.
13 branches of this group, most-observed first
Great Yellow Gentian
speciesGentiana lutea
spotted gentian
speciesGentiana punctata
Purple Gentian
speciesGentiana purpurea
Hungarian Gentian
speciesGentiana pannonica
Burser's gentian
speciesGentiana burseri
Karawanken Gentian
speciesGentiana froelichii
Gentiana × gaudiniana
hybridGentiana × gaudiniana
Gentiana × marcailhouana
hybridGentiana × marcailhouana
Gentiana × charpentieri
hybridGentiana × charpentieri
Gentiana × hybrida
hybridGentiana × hybrida
Gentiana × grisebachiana
hybridGentiana × grisebachiana
Gentiana × laengstii
hybridGentiana × laengstii
Gentiana burseri villarsii × Gentiana lutea
hybridGentiana × media
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…
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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 794407.