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Gentianales

Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl (1820)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Genus:

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees, shrubs, herbs or small.

Stems: Woody or herbaceous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite, joined by a line across the stem. Margins entire. Stipules present or represented by a line joining opposite petioles.

Flowers: Flowers showy and actinomorphic with an equal number of sepals, petals, and stamens. Calyx with 4 or 5 lobes. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals; petals mostly fused and tubular. Stamens 4 or 5, adnate to the corolla lobes. Ovary superior or inferior, often with two carpels (sometimes 5).

Fruit: Capsules; berries; or drupes.

Ploidy: x = 11 (ancestral)

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Prir. Rostlin 248 (1820)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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