Gentianella campestris

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Common Names

Description

Family Gentianaceae

Herbs [shrubs or small trees ], annual , biennial, or perennial . Stems ascending , erect , or twining . Leaves opposite, less often alternate or whorled , simple , base connate ; stipules absent. Inflorescences simple or complex cymes, sometimes reduced to sessile clusters , often in a thyrse or 1-flowered. Flowers bisexual , rarely unisexual , 4 or 5 (or 6-8) [-12]-merous. Calyx tubular , obconic, campanulate , or rotate, lobes joined at least basally. Corolla tubular, obconic, salverform , funnelform , campanulate, or rotate, rarely with basal spurs; lobes overlapping to right or rarely valvate in bud; plicae (extensions of the corolla tube between the lobes) present or absent. Stamens inserted on corolla tube or occasionally at sinus between corolla lobes, alternate with lobes; anthers basifixed or dorsifixed , 2-locular. Nectaries absent or attached to ovary base or corolla. Ovary usually 1-locular at least apically, rarely 2-locular due to intrusion of a lamellate placenta into locular cavity . Fruit a 2-valved capsule, rarely a berry. Seeds many or rarely few, small; endosperm abundant [scant in saprophytic genera].

About 80 genera and 700 species: worldwide; 20 genera and 419 species in China, of which two genera and 251 species are endemic.[1]

Genus Gentianella

Herbs annual , biennial [or perennial ]. Leaves opposite [or whorled ]. Flowers terminal , solitary or in cymes, 4 or 5-merous. Calyx without intracalycular membrane . Corolla tubular or funnelform , either without appendages or with a vascularized fringed scale across base of each lobe , plicae absent. Nectaries at base of corolla tube . Stamens inserted on corolla tube. Capsules 2-valved, many seeded. Seeds smooth to warty.

About 125 species: N and S temperate zones; nine species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Gentiana campestris L.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gentianella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 312 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

G. achalensis · G. acuta · G. albanica · G. albido-coerulea · G. albidocoerulea · G. albo-rosea · G. alborosea · G. alborubra · G. amabilis · G. amarella (Autumn Dwarf Gentian) · G. amarella heterosepala (Autumn Dwarf Gentian) · G. amarella hibernica · G. amarella subsp. acuta (Autumn Dwarf Gentian) · G. amarella subsp. heterosepala (Autumn Dwarf Gentian) · G. amarella subsp. mexicana · G. amarella subsp. reussii · G. amarella subsp. takedae · G. amarella subsp. uliginosa · G. amarella subsp. yuparensis · G. amarella var. lingulata · G. amarella wrightii · G. amoena · G. androsacea · G. anglica · G. angustiflora · G. angustifolia · G. anisodonta · G. anomala · G. antarctica · G. antipoda · G. arenaria · G. armerioides · G. aspera · G. astonii · G. atrata · G. aurea (Golden Dwarfgentian) · G. auriculata (Eared Dwarf Gentian) · G. austriaca · G. axillaris · G. azurea · G. baltica · G. barbata · G. barbellata · G. barringtonensis · G. bawbawensis · G. bellidifolia · G. bellidifolia var. divisa · G. bicolor · G. biebersteinii · G. bohemica · G. boliviana · G. brevisepala · G. briquetiana · G. bromifolia · G. brunneotincta · G. buchtienii · G. bulgarica · G. calanchoides · G. calcarea · G. calcis · G. calcis subsp. taiko · G. calcis taiko · G. calcis waipara · G. campanuliformis · G. campestris (Field Gentian) · G. campestris baltica · G. campestris campestris · G. campestris subsp. baltica · G. campestris subsp. suecica · G. campestris var. suecica · G. canosoi · G. carneorubra · G. carpathica · G. caucasea · G. caucasica · G. centamalensis · G. cerastioides · G. cerastoides · G. cerina · G. cernua · G. chamuchui · G. chathamica · G. chathamica nemorosa · G. chathamica subsp. nemorosa · G. chlorantha · G. chrysantha · G. chrysosphaera · G. chrysotaenia · G. ciliata · G. ciliata subsp. blepharophora · G. clementis · G. coccinea · G. columnae · G. concinna · G. contorta · G. coquimbensis · G. corallina · G. corymbifera · G. corymbosa · G. cosmantha

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Further Reading

• Wisskirchen, R. & Haeupler, H. (1998a): Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands, Stuttgart: Ulmer
• Ho Ting-nung; Liu Shang-wu, & Wu Ching-ju in Ho Ting-nung, ed. 1988. Gentianaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 62: 1-411.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 28, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien: Observations du Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien.
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain: Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
• GBIF-Spain: Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
• GBIF-Spain: Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
• GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• GBIF-Sweden: Botany (UPS)
• GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
• GBIF-Sweden: Meadow and Pasture Inventory (SJV)
• GBIF-Sweden: Plants (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
• Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (ICEL)
• Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Observational database of Icelandic plants
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo (O)
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo (O)
• Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO: Herbarium GJO
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular plant data for Scottish Vice-counties (VCs 80, 84, 103 & 104)
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Vegetation surveys of coastal shingle in Great Britain
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5936126
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14377029
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77068283-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 369176-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 646339

Footnotes

1. Ting-nung Ho & James S. Pringle "Gentianaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Gentianella". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 136. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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