Gentianaceae
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JANAS 30(2)
PLANTS: Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubs. LEAVES: simple, mostly opposite, cauline or forming basal rosettes. INFLORESCENCE: mostly cymes. FLOWERS: perfect, actinomorphic; sepals and petals 4 or 5, united but often deeply parted; stamens 4 or 5, epipetalous; pistil 1, carpels 2, ovary superior, the placentation mostly parietal. FRUIT: a capsule. SEEDS: numerous. NOTES: 80 genera, 900 spp., world-wide. REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T. 1998 Gentianaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 84.
Species within checklist: Flora of the Coronado National Forest
Centaurium calycosum
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Centaurium nudicaule
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Eustoma exaltatum
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Frasera albomarginata
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Frasera speciosa
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Gentiana bigelovii
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Gentianella microcalyx
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Gentianella wislizeni
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Gentianopsis macrantha
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Halenia recurva
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Tetragonanthus rothrockii
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Zeltnera calycosa
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