Gentiana nivalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Gentianeae
Subtribus: Gentianinae
Genus: Gentiana
Sectio: G. sect. Calathianae
Subsectio: G. subsect. Calathianae
Species: Gentiana nivalis

Name

Gentiana nivalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 229 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Ericoila nivalis (L.) Borkh., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 27 (1796).
- Calathiana nivalis (L.) Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2, 1: 28 (1800).
- Ericala nivalis (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 336 (1821).
- Chiophila nivalis (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 23 (1837).
- Hippion nivale (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Roem. Arch. 1: I. 10, 18 (1796).
- Lexipyretum nivale (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyr. 450 (1867).
Heterotypic
- Gentiana aquatica Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 425 (1831) (nom. illeg. non L. 1753).
- Gentiana carpathica Kit. ex Schult., Oestr. Fl., ed. 2, 1: 443 (1814).
  - Ericala carpathica (Kit. ex Schult.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 190 (1837).
- Gentiana humilis Rochel, Pl. Banat. Rar.: 61, f. 47 (1828) (non Steven 1812).
- Gentiana minima Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 528 (1787).
- Gentianusa flava Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 254 (1810).

Homonyms

Gentiana nivalis Poir. = Comastoma tenellum (Rottb.) Toyok.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - North European Russia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - West Siberia
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Greenland
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, Québec.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 229. Reference page.

Additional references

Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1978. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). 825 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page.
Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gentiana nivalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gentiana nivalis. Published online. Accessed: Jul 19 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Gentiana nivalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jul 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Gentiana nivalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gentiana nivalis. Accessed: 19 Jul 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gentiana nivalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schnee-Enzian
Esperanto: Neĝogenciano
español: Genciana nival
suomi: Tunturikatkero
français: Gentiane des neiges
Nederlands: Sneeuwgentiaan
polski: Goryczka śniegowa
Türkçe: Kar centiyanı

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