Botanical Family · Gentianales
Gentianaceae
Gentian family
23 speciesOrder Gentianales8+ well-known plants
Herbs and shrubs with bitter compounds (used medicinally). Flowers usually 5-merous with fused petals. Includes gentians and chirayata (Swertia).
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How to recognise the Gentianaceae family
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Leaf arrangement: opposite
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Leaf type: simple
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Growth forms: herb/shrub
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Inflorescence: cymose/solitary
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Fruit: capsule
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
TypeSimple- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 23 species in GENTIANACEAE
- CanscoraCanscora decussata
- Devendra's CanscoraCanscora devendrae
- Spreading CanscoraCanscora diffusa
- Stalkless CanscoraCanscora heteroclita
- Pierced Leaf CanscoraCanscora perfoliata
- Lesser CentauryCentaurium meyeri
- Indian WhiteheadEnicostema axillare
- Bicolor Persian VioletExacum bicolor
- Stalkless Persian VioletExacum lawii
- Stalked Persian VioletExacum pedunculatum
- Little Persian VioletExacum pumilum
- Persian VioletExacum wightianum
- Purple Stalked GentianGentiana pedicellata
- Indian HoppeaHoppea dichotoma
- South-Indian HoppeaHoppea fastigiata
- Pretty Narrow-Leaved SwertiaSwertia angustifolia var. pulchella
- Canscora sanjappae
- Canscora stricta
- Exacum atropurpureum
- Exacum travancoricum
- Gentiana quadrifaria var. zeylanica
- Swertia corymbosa
- Swertia minor
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