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Gentianaceae
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JANAS 30(2)
PLANTS
: Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubs.
LEAVES
: simple, mostly opposite, cauline or forming basal rosettes.
INFLORESCENCE
: mostly cymes.
FLOWERS
: perfect, actinomorphic; sepals and petals 4 or 5, united but often deeply parted; stamens 4 or 5, epipetalous; pistil 1, carpels 2, ovary superior, the placentation mostly parietal.
FRUIT
: a capsule.
SEEDS
: numerous.
NOTES
: 80 genera, 900 spp., world-wide.
REFERENCES
: Mason, Charles T. 1998 Gentianaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 84.
Species within checklist:
Maine Plants
Anthopogon crinitum
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Bartonia iodandra
Bartonia lanceolata
Bartonia paniculata
Bartonia virginica
Centaurella paniculata
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Centaurium pulchellum
Dasystephana grayi
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Dasystephana linearis
Gentiana andrewsii
Gentiana clausa
Gentiana crinita
Gentiana linearis
Gentiana quinquefolia
Gentiana rubricaulis
Gentiana saponaria
Gentiana ventricosa
Gentianella amarella
Gentianella crinita
Gentianella quinquefolia
Gentianopsis crinita
Halenia deflexa
Lomatogonium rotatum
Sabatia campestris
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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