Overview
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Herbs annual, biennial [or perennial]. Roots slender, fibrous. Stems subquadrangular. Flowers terminal, solitary, 4-merous; flower bud slightly flattened, 4-angled. Calyx tubular-campanulate, with triangular discontinuous intracalycular membranes, 2 outer calyx lobes narrower than and basally overlapping 2 inner lobes. Corolla tubular-campanulate to funnelform, lobes frequently toothed to fringed, plicae absent. Nectaries on corolla tube. Stamens inserted on corolla tube; anthers yellow. Capsules 2-valved, many seeded. Seeds angular-papillate.
Twenty-four species: North America, Asia, Europe; five species in China.[1]
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Lamiidae
Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder: Gentiananae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order: Gentianales
Lindley, 1833
- Family: Gentianaceae
(jen-shun-AY-see-ee)
Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Tribe: Gentianeae
- Genus: Gentianopsis (jen-shee-an-OP-sis) Ma, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 7. 1951.
- Tribe: Gentianeae
- Family: Gentianaceae
(jen-shun-AY-see-ee)
Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Order: Gentianales
Lindley, 1833
- Superorder: Gentiananae
Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Subclass: Lamiidae
Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Genus Gentianopsis is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Gentianopsis: G. barbata · G. barbata var. alboflavida · G. barbata var. ovato-deltoidea · G. barbata var. stenocalyx · G. barbellata (Perennial Fringed Gentian) · G. blepharophora · G. ciliata · G. ciliata subsp. blepharophora · G. contorta · G. crinita (Greater Fringed Gentian) · G. crinita subsp. macounii · G. crinita subsp. procera · G. detonsa (Windmill Fringed Gentian) · G. detonsa detonsa (Windmill Fringed Gentian) · G. detonsa subsp. nesophila · G. detonsa subsp. raupii (Raup's Fringedgentian) · G. detonsa subsp. yukonensis (Yukon Fringed Gentian) · G. detonsa yukonensis (Windmill Fringed Gentian) · G. doluchanovii · G. elegans · G. furusei · G. grandis · G. holopetala (Sierra Fringed Gentian) · G. komarovii · G. lutea · G. macounii (Macoun's Fringed Gentian) · G. macrantha (Mexican Fringed Gentian) · G. nesophila (Island Fringedgentian) · G. paludosa · G. paludosa var. alpina · G. procera · G. raupii (Raup's Fringedgentian) · G. simplex (Oneflower Fringed Gentian) · G. stricta · G. thermalis (Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian) · G. victorinii (Victorin's Fringedgentian) · G. virgata (Lesser Fringed Gentian) · G. virgata subsp. victorinii · G. virgata victorinii (Lesser Fringed Gentian) · G. vvedenskyi · G. yabei · G. yabei var. akaisiensis
Footnotes
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- "Gentianopsis". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 130. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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