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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:
Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Area
Centaurium pulchellum
Eustoma exaltatum
Eustoma grandiflorum
Frasera speciosa
Gentiana affinis
Gentiana algida
Gentiana calycosa
Gentiana fremontii
Gentiana frigida
Gentiana nivalis
Gentiana parryi
Gentiana plebeia
Gentiana prostrata
Gentiana serrata
Gentianella amarella
Gentianella tenella
Gentianopsis barbellata
Gentianopsis detonsa
Gentianopsis thermalis
Lomatogonium rotatum
Pleurogyna rotata
Pleurogyne fontana
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Pneumonanthe andrewsii
Pneumonanthe calycosa
Swertia palustris
Swertia perennis
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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