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gentian family
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gentian family

Gentianaceae

Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 105 genera and about 1650 species. Species in this family inhabit every continent except the Antarctic, and have been used around the world for centuries as traditional medicine.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

gentian tribe

tribeGentianeae

Chironieae

tribeChironieae

Exaceae

tribeExaceae

Potalieae

tribePotalieae

Helieae

tribeHelieae

ghostplant tribe

tribeVoyrieae

Saccifolieae

tribeSaccifolieae

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56235.