Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Potalieae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subtribe (3): Faroinae · Lisianthiinae · Potaliinae
- Genus (14): Anthocleista · Congolanthus · Djaloniella · Enicostema · Fagraea · Faroa · Karina · Lisianthius · Lisianthus · Neurotheca · Oreonesion · Potalia · Pycnosphaera · Urogentias
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 476 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Potalieae.
Genera
Anthocleista
Anthocleista is a genus of tree- and shrub-like tropical gentians in the Gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe , subtribe Potaliinae. There are about 50 species in the genus Anthocleista, native mainly to tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. Anthocleista was once placed under the family Loganiaceae, but more recent molecular, morphological, and phytochemical evidence has placed the group well within the Gentianaceae. [more]
Congolanthus
Djaloniella
Enicostema
Fagraea
Fagraea is a genus of plant in family Loganiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Faroa
Karina
Lisianthius
Lisianthus
Eustoma, a genus of three species in the family Gentianaceae, grows natively in warm regions of the Southern United States, Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America. Examples grow mostly in grassland and in areas of disturbed ground. [more]
Neurotheca
Oreonesion
Potalia
Pycnosphaera
Urogentias
More info about the Genus Urogentias may be found here.
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