Gentiana purpurea

Gentiana purpurea

Gentiana purpurea

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: Gentiana sect. Gentiana
Species: Gentiana purpurea

Name

Gentiana purpurea L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Coilantha purpurea (L.) Borkh. in Roem., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1 (1): 25 (1796).
  • Gentianusa purpurea (L.) Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 249 (1809).
  • Pneumonanthe purpurea (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Fl. Boëm. 2: 10 (1793).

• Heterotypic
  • Gentiana purpurea var. asinii Briq., Nouv. Nat. Alp. Léman. 50.
  • Gentiana purpurea var. kamtschatica Griseb., Prodr. 9: 116 (1845).
  • Gentiana purpurea var. nana Griseb., Gen. & Spec. Gentian. 297 (1838).

Homonyms

• Gentiana purpurea Vill. (1787) = Gentiana punctata L.
• Gentiana purpurea Walter (1788) = Gentianella amarella (L.) Harry Sm.
• Gentiana purpurea Schrank (1789) = Gentiana pannonica Scop.

Hybrids

• Gentiana × hybrida Schleich. ex DC.
• Gentiana × spuria Lebert ex Griseb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Central Eeurope Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland Regional: Northern Eeurope Norway References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 227. 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gentiana purpurea 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 purpurea. Published online. Accessed: Jul 19 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gentiana purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Gentiana purpurea. 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 purpurea. Accessed: 19 Jul 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gentiana purpurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Gentiana purpurea. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2012 May 01.

Vernacular names

English: Purple Gentian
suomi: Punakatkero
français: Gentiane pourpre
svenska: Baggsöta

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