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Gentianales is an order of flowering plant, included within the asterid clade of eudicots. It comprises more than 20,000 species in about 1,200 genera in 5 families. More than 80% of the species in this order belong to the family Rubiaceae. Many of these flowering plants are used in traditional medicine.
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Asterids. Order: Gentianales. Family: Gentianaceae. The...
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Gentianales are an order of flowering plants . Under the APG...
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Gentiana ( / ˌdʒɛntʃiˈeɪnə /) [2] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family ( Gentianaceae ), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With over 300 species, it is considered a large genus. Gentians are notable for their mostly large trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue hue. [3]
Ecology. Biogeographic history. Uses. Taxonomy. Tribes. Genera. Phylogeny. References. External links. Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species. [2] [3] Etymology. The family takes its name from the genus Gentiana, named after the Illyrian king Gentius. [citation needed]
Gentianales, gentian order of flowering plants, consisting of five families with 1,121 genera and more than 20,000 species. The families are Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae, Loganiaceae, and Gelsemiaceae. Learn about the characteristics and members of the family in this article.
Gentianella is a plant genus in the gentian family (Gentianaceae). Plants of this genus are known commonly as dwarf gentians. [1] As of 2000 there were about 256 species in this genus. They are herbs that occur in alpine and arctic habitat types. They are distributed in the Americas, Eurasia, northern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. [2]
