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Gentianaceae ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Gentianaceae - chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentalsfamily Gentianaceae, gentian familydicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationGentianales, order Gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; SalvadoraceaeCentaurium, genus Centaurium - genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthersEustoma, genus Eustoma - small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South AmericaExacum, genus Exacum - genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violetsFrasera, genus Frasera - genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus SwertiaGentiana, genus Gentiana - type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianellagentian - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and GentianopsisGentianella, genus Gentianella - genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus GentianaGentianopsis, genus Gentianopsis - genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentianagenus Halenia, Halenia - genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentiansgenus Sabbatia - genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowersgenus Swertia, Swertia - genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa |
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae[‚jen·chə′nās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous herbaceous plants in the order Gentianales distinguished by lacking stipules and having parietal placentation. Gentianaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants. Gentianaceae are primarily herbs with opposite (sometimes verticillate) entire leaves. The flowers, most commonly gathered into clusters, are usually large and brightly colored, bisexual, regular, and tetramerous or pentamerous (or, rarely, with six to 12 members); the gynoecium is dimerous with a superior ovary. There are more than 70 genera (about 1,000 species), growing mostly in temperate and subtropical regions (especially in mountainous areas). Nine genera (more than 125 species) are found in the USSR; of these the most important are Gentiana and Erythraea. Almost all members of the family contain bitter glycosides. Some Gentianaceae are used in medicine and in floriculture. REFERENCESGrossgeim, A. A. “Gorechavkovye.” In Flora SSSR, vol. 18. Moscow-Leningrad, 1962. Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.M. E. KIRPICHNIKOV Gentianaceae Related to Gentianaceae: gentian familySynonyms for Gentianaceaenoun chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowersSynonyms- family Gentianaceae
- gentian family
Related Words- dicot family
- magnoliopsid family
- Gentianales
- order Gentianales
- Centaurium
- genus Centaurium
- Eustoma
- genus Eustoma
- Exacum
- genus Exacum
- Frasera
- genus Frasera
- Gentiana
- genus Gentiana
- gentian
- Gentianella
- genus Gentianella
- Gentianopsis
- genus Gentianopsis
- genus Halenia
- Halenia
- genus Sabbatia
- genus Swertia
- Swertia
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