Gentianaceae
Gentiana

Gentiana verna L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 228 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Ireland to Mountains of Europe, Caucasus. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, North Caucasus, North European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkey, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Central European Russia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Flora of Iraq

  • Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 73 (1875);
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 228 (1753);
  • Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 116 (1950).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 18, 2003 Davis, P.H. Türkiye K000196184 Yes
Mar 18, 2003 Davis [24408] Türkiye K000196186 Yes
Sep 1, 1979 Parsa [310] Iran K000545514 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hume, A.O. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000773188 Yes
Valdés-Bermajo, E.; Castroviejo, S.; Nieto, G.; Fernández Alonso, J.L.; Galán Cela, P. [9768] Spain K001905373 No
Ruhsam, M. [DMR190] United Kingdom K001768044 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images