Gentiana

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin gentiāna, from Ancient Greek γεντιανή (gentianḗ).

Proper noun

Gentiana f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – flowering plants known for their intense blue color in the northern hemisphere portion of their near-cosmopolitan temperate zone range, common name gentian.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Gentianaceae - family; Gentianeae - tribe; Gentianinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gentiana sect. Asclepiadeae, Gentiana sect. Calathianae, Gentiana sect. Chondrophylla, Gentiana sect. Ciminalis, Gentiana sect. Cruciata, Gentiana sect. Dolichocarpa, Gentiana sect. Fimbricorona, Gentiana sect. Frigida, Gentiana sect. Gentiana, Gentiana sect. Isomeria, Gentiana sect. Kudoa, Gentiana sect. Microsperma, Gentiana sect. Otophora, Gentiana sect. Phyllocalyx, Gentiana sect. Pneumonanthe - sections
  • Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian) - type species; Gentiana acaulis (stemless gentian), Gentiana affinis (pleated gentian), Gentiana alba (plain gentian), Gentiana algida (whitish gentian), Gentiana alpina (alpine gentian), Gentiana andrewsii (closed bottle gentian), Gentiana asclepiadea (willow gentian), Gentiana austromontana (Appalachian gentian), Gentiana autumnalis (pinebarren gentian), Gentiana bavarica (Bavarian gentian), Gentiana calycosa (Rainier pleated gentian), Gentiana catesbaei (Elliott's gentian), Gentiana clausa (bottled gentian), Gentiana clusii (trumpet gentian), Gentiana cruciata (cross gentian), Gentiana decora (showy gentian), Gentiana douglasiana (swamp gentian), Gentiana fremontii (moss gentian), Gentiana glauca (pale gentian), Gentiana linearis (narrowleaf gentian), Gentiana macrophylla (bigleaf gentian), Gentiana newberryi (Newberry's gentian), Gentiana nivalis (snow gentian), Gentiana orbicularis (round leaved gentian), Gentiana pannonica (brown gentian), Gentiana parryi (Parry's gentian), Gentiana pennelliana (wiregrass gentian), Gentiana platypetala (broadpetal gentian), Gentiana plurisetosa (bristly gentian), Gentiana pneumonanthe (marsh gentian), Gentiana prostrata (pygmy gentian), Gentiana puberulenta (downy gentian), Gentiana punctata (spotted gentian), Gentiana purpurea (purple gentian), Gentiana rubricaulis (closed gentian), Gentiana saponaria (harvestbells gentian), Gentiana sceptrum (king's scepter gentian), Gentiana septemfida (crested gentian), Gentiana setigera (Mendocino gentian), Gentiana sino-ornata (showy Chinese gentian), Gentiana terglouensis (Triglav gentian), Gentiana tianshanica (Tienshan gentian), Gentiana utriculosa (bladder gentian), Gentiana verna (spring gentian), Gentiana villosa (striped gentian), Gentiana wootchuliana (Korean alpine gentian) - selected other species; for others see Gentiana on WikispeciesWikispecies or Gentiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Gentianella
• Gentianopsis
• Gentianothamnus
• Metagentiana
• Sinogentiana

Related terms

• Gentias
• Chionogentias
• Urogentias

References

• Gentiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gentiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gentiana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gentiana at USDA Plants database
• Gentiana at The Plant List