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Gentianales
Sign in to saveGentianales 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.
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Gentianales is a taxon at the order rank within the kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and the class Magnoliopsida. The order is classified under the parent taxa lamiids, Asteranae, and Asteridae. Its scientific name is Gentianales, and it has the common names 龙胆目 and リンドウ目. The taxon was described by Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl in 1820 and holds an accepted status.
Records indicate that Gentianales is associated with marine and brackish habitats. The order is included in the Wikipedia Vital Articles list at Level 4.
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Species
リンドウ目
Gentianales
ORDER
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
龙胆目(学名:Gentianales)是被子植物真双子叶植物分支的一個目,依照APG植物分類系統(Angiosperm Phylogeny Group)的分類方式,龙胆目有5個科,分別是夾竹桃科、钩吻科、龙胆科、马钱科、茜草科。 早期的分類系統克朗奎斯特分類法,在龍膽目下有6個科,分別是夾竹桃科、龍膽科、馬錢科、蘿藦科、Retziaceae、Saccifoliaceae。钩吻科包含在馬錢科內,茜草科則分類在茜草目下。
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Research
15,908 papers- Lianas.ReviewCurrent biology : CB · 2018Rowe NDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.028
- Medicinal plants of the genus Gelsemium (Gelsemiaceae, Gentianales)--a review of their phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and traditional use.ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2014Jin GL, Su YP, Liu M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.01.003
- Comparative anatomy and genetic bases of fruit development in selected Rubiaceae (Gentianales).American journal of botany · 2021Salazar-Duque H, Alzate JF, Urrea Trujillo A et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1785
- Settling a family feud: a high-level phylogenomic framework for the Gentianales based on 353 nuclear genes and partial plastomes.American journal of botany · 2021Antonelli A, Clarkson JJ, Kainulainen K et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1697
- Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference.Nature · 2026Bertolini E, Münch D, Pascual J et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09766-6
- Milkweed (Gentianales: Apocynaceae): a farmscape resource for increasing parasitism of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and providing nectar to insect pollinators and monarch butterflies.Environmental entomology · 2014Tillman PG, Carpenter JEDOI: 10.1603/EN13175
- Habitat Type Influences Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Oviposition and Egg Survival on Asclepias syriaca (Gentianales: Apocynaceae).Environmental entomology · 2019Myers A, Bahlai CA, Landis DADOI: 10.1093/ee/nvz046
- Milkweed Matters: Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Survival and Development on Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species.Environmental entomology · 2017Pocius VM, Debinski DM, Pleasants JM et al.DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvx137
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Distribution
- Uses
- References
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. They have been used to treat pain, anxiety, cancers and neurological conditions.
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