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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:
Flora of the SW Exotic Plant Management Team
Centaurium calycosum
Centaurium exaltatum
Centaurium maryannum
Centaurium texense
Eustoma exaltatum
Eustoma grandiflorum
Frasera albomarginata
Frasera paniculata
Frasera speciosa
Gentiana affinis
Gentianella amarella
Gentianella heterosepala
Gentianella microcalyx
Sabatia angularis
Sabatia campestris
Swertia albomarginata
Swertia perennis
Swertia radiata
Swertia utahensis
Zeltnera arizonica
Zeltnera beyrichii
Zeltnera calycosa
Zeltnera exaltata
Zeltnera nudicaulis
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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