Family Gentianaceae de Jussieu 1789 (gentian)
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Gentianaceae
Parent taxon: Gentianales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Apocynaceae, Gelsemiaceae, Geniostomaceae, Jenkinsella, Loganiaceae, Rubiaceae, Strychnaceae
Subtaxa: Fagraea Gentiana Gentianaceaeformis Lisianthius Nymphoides Schultesia Voyrioseminites
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), India (9)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of India (1)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences