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Gentianaceae (gentian)

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Gentianaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Gentianaceae de Jussieu
2000Gentianaceae Mabberley
2008Gentianaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030
2016Gentianaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyGentianaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyGentianaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Gentianaceae de Jussieu 1789 [gentian]
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G. Fagraea Thunberg 1782
G. Gentiana Linnaeus 1753
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Gentiana acaulis Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana amarella Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana aquatica Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana asclepiadea Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana bavarica Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana campestris Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana centaurium Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana ciliata Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana cruciata Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana filiformis Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana lutea Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana nivalis Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana perfoliata Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana pneumonanthe Linnaeus 1753
†Gentiana praeaptera Mai and Walther 1988
Gentiana punctata Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana purpurea Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana quinquefolia Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana saponaria Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana sessilis Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana spicata Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana utriculosa Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana verna Linnaeus 1753
Gentiana villosa Linnaeus 1753
G. †Gentianaceaeformis Biswas 1962
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G. Lisianthius Browne 1758
G. Nymphoides Séguier 1754
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Nymphoides indica Kuntze 1892
Invalid names: Limnanthemum Gmelin 1769 [synonym]
G. Schultesia von Martius 1827
G. †Voyrioseminites Trivedi and Chaturvedi 1972
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†Voyrioseminites magnus Trivedi and Chaturvedi 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) Gentianaceaeformis indica (224681)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Fagraea sp. (169007)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Gentianaceae indet. (22233)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Gentianaceae indet. (22335)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation (Omsk) Limnanthemum nymphaeoides (24096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Gentiana praeaptera (22780)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Fagraea sp. (168888 168889) Nymphoides sp. (168918 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Nymphoides sp. (228793 228794 228795 228821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Gentiana sp. (228848) Gentianaceae indet. (228792)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Nymphoides sp. (228761)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Nymphoides indica (168754 168755) Nymphoides striate, Nymphoides indica (168753)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Nymphoides sp. (228762)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Nymphoides sp. (168937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Gentianaceae indet. (228780)