Gentiana saponaria

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. Pneumonanthe
Species: Gentiana saponaria

Name

Gentiana saponaria L. (1753)

Synonyms

Ciminalis saponaria (L.) Bercht. & J.Presl, Rostl. 1: Gentian. 11 (1823)
Cuttera saponaria (L.) Raf., Med. Repos. N. York, 5: 352 (1808)
Dasystephana cherokeensis W.P.Lemmon, Bartonia, No. 17, 4 (1935) (1936)
Dasystephana latifolia (Chapm.) Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. 930 (1903)
Dasystephana puberula (Michx.) Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. 930 (1903) as to type, non sensu Small
Dasystephana saponaria (L.) Small, Fl. S. E. U. S. 930 (1903)
Gentiana axillaris Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 213 (1828), non Poir. ex Lam.
Gentiana cherokeensis (W.P.Lemmon) Fernald, Rhodora 41: 487 (1939)
Gentiana collinsiana Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 213 (1828)
Gentiana elliotea Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 212 (1828)
Gentiana elliottii var. latifolia Chapm., (1860)
Gentiana fimbriata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 46 (1794)
Gentiana gracilis Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 213 (1828) non Nees
Gentiana latifolia (Chapm.) Britton, Man. Fl. N. US. Ed. 3, 1085 (1907)
Gentiana puberula Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 176 (1803) as to type, non sensu Small
Gentiana rigida Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 212 (1828)
Gentiana saponarifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 51
Gentiana saponaria var. allegheniensis Jenn., (1947)
Gentiana scaberrima Kuzn., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13: 59 (1893)
Gentiana shortiana Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 211 (1828)
Gentiana shortiana var. biflora Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 211 (1828)
Gentiana torreyana Raf., Med. Fl. 1: 212 (1828)
Pneumonanthe latifolia (Chapm.) Greene, Leaflets Bot. Obs. 1: 71 (1904)
Pneumonanthe puberula (Michx.) Greene, Leaflets Bot. Obs. 1: 71 (1904)
Pneumonanthe saponaria (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Roem. Arch. 1: t. (1796) 1
Xolemia trachiloma Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 22 (1837)

Homonyms

Gentiana saponaria Froel. = Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia

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: 228. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
Mohlenbrock, R.H. 2014. Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide. 4th ed., 536 pp. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. ISBN 978-0-8093-3208-3. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gentiana saponaria 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 saponaria. Published online. Accessed: Jul 19 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Gentiana saponaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jul 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Gentiana saponaria. 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 saponaria. Accessed: 19 Jul 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gentiana saponaria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Gentiana saponaria in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2012 May 07.

Vernacular names

English: Soapwort Gentian, Harvest Bells, Bottle Gentian