EcoFlora - Gentianaceae

Gentianaceae
Max Licher	VPAP Resources 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 Eudicots Anthopogon crinitum Media not available Bartonia iodandra Bartonia lanceolata Bartonia paniculata Bartonia virginica Centaurella paniculata Media not available Centaurium pulchellum Dasystephana grayi Media not available 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