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Gentianaceae

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Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 105 genera and about 1650 species. Species in this family inhabit every continent except the antarctic, and have been used around the world for centuries as traditional medicine.

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Gentianaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. Its classification includes the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Gentianales. The family is also referred to by the common name gentiaanfamilie. According to WoRMS, the taxon has an accepted status.

Records for Gentianaceae are held by various institutions, including INECOL, CAS, FC-UNAM, STDOM, and IBUNAM. These records originate from countries such as Mexico, the United States, Brasil, and China. The family has 2,273,872 occurrences recorded in the GBIF database. Additionally, there are 1,343 related entries in PubMed and 1,609 records in iDigBio, which include 865 media items.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

gentiaanfamilie

Gentianaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyGentianaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded2,273,872

General: Members of Gentianaceae in this more restricted sense

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,609
With media
865
Family
Gentianaceae
Collections
INECOL, CAS, FC-UNAM, STDOM, IBUNAM, IND
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Brasil, China
iDigBio →

Research

1,343 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Distribution
  • Characteristics
  • Ecology
  • Biogeographic history
  • Uses
  • Taxonomy
  • Tribes
  • Genera
  • References
  • External links

Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 105 genera and about 1650 species. Species in this family inhabit every continent except the antarctic, and have been used around the world for centuries as traditional medicine.

==Etymology== The family was named by Linnaeus in 1753. It takes its name from the genus Gentiana, named after the Illyrian king Gentius. Gentius ruled the Ilyrian kindgdom from 181-168 BCE, and was said to have used a local Gentian plant to treat malaria in his troops.

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