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|name = Gentian family
 
|image = GentianaAcaulisRannoch.jpg
 
|image_caption = ''[[Gentiana acaulis]]''
 
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
 
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
 
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
 
|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
 
|ordo = [[Gentianales]]
 
|familia = '''Gentianaceae'''
 
|familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf | format= PDF |accessdate=2013-07-06 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x }}</ref>
 
|type_genus = ''[[Gentiana]]''
 
|type_genus_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
 
|}}
 
 
 
'''Gentianaceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s of 87 genera and about 1600 species.<ref name="Struwe2002">{{cite book|author=Struwe L, Albert VA|year=2002|title=Gentianaceae: systematics and natural history|publisher=Cambridge University Press|ISBN=0-521-80999-1}}</ref>
 
 
 
==Etymology==
 
The family takes its name from the genus ''[[Gentiana]]'', named after the Illyrian king [[Gentius]].
 
 
 
==Distribution==
 
Distribution is [[cosmopolitan (species)|cosmopolitan]].
 
 
 
==Characteristics==
 
The family consists of trees, shrubs and herbs showing a wide range of colours and floral patterns. [[Flower]]s are [[actinomorphic]] and bisexual with fused sepals and petals. The [[stamen]]s are attached to the inside of the petals ([[Stamens#Sexual reproduction in plants|epipetalous]]) and alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium, and flowers have parietal placentation. The [[inflorescence]] is cymose, with simple or complex [[Cyme (botany)|cymes]]. The [[fruit]]s are dehiscent septicidal capsules splitting into two halves, rarely some species have a [[berry (botany)|berry]]. Seeds are small with copiously oily endosperms and a straight embryo. The habit varies from small [[tree]]s, pachycaul [[shrub]]s to (usually) [[herb]]s, with ascending, erect or twining stems. Plants are usually rhizomatous. Leaves [[opposite leaves|opposite]], less often alternate or in some species whorled, simple in shape, with entire edges and bases [[connation|connately]] attached to the stem. Stipules are absent. Plants usually accumulate bitter [[iridoid]] substances; bicollateral bundles are present. Ecologically, partial [[myco-heterotrophy]] is common among species in this family with a few genera such as ''[[Voyria]]'' and ''[[Voyriella]]'' lacking [[chlorophyll]] and being fully myco-heterotrophic.
 
 
 
==Ecology==
 
Some of these plants have limited ranges and are protected under governmental oversight. For example, ''[[Gentianella uliginosa]]'' (Dune Gentian), which occurs in some limited areas of [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]], is a priority species under the [[Biodiversity Action Plan]] of the [[United Kingdom]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}
 
 
 
==Biogeographic History==
 
Gentianaceae are distributed worldwide, but most species occur in [[Temperate climate|temperate]] zones. According to Merckx et al.,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Merckx|first1=Vincent S.F.T.|last2=Kissling|first2=Jonathan|last3=Hentrich|first3=Heiko|last4=Janssens|first4=Steven B.|last5=Mennes|first5=Constantijn B.|last6=Specht|first6=Chelsea D.|last7=Smets|first7=Erik F.|title=Phylogenetic relationships of the mycoheterotrophic genus Voyria and the implication for the biogeographic history of Gentianaceae|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=100|issue=4|pages=712–721|doi=10.3732/ajb.1200330|url=http://www.amjbot.org/content/early/2013/03/26/ajb.1200330.full.pdf+html}}</ref> the [[neotropics]] were an important area for the early diversification events in Gentianaceae, most of which occurring during the [[Eocene]]. However, Pirie et al.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pirie|first1=Michael|last2=Litsios|first2=Glenn|last3=Bellstedt|first3=Dirk|last4=Salamin|first4=Nicolas|last5=Kissling|first5=Jonathan|title=Back to Gondwanaland: can ancient vicariance explain (some) Indian Ocean disjunct plant distributions?|journal=Biology Letters|volume=11|doi=10.1098/rsbl.2015.0086|url=http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/6/20150086|pmid=26063747|pmc=4528461|page=20150086}}</ref> suggested that ancient [[vicariance]] cannot be ruled out as an explanation for the early origins of [[Exaceae]] across [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]] and the Indian subcontinent unless a strong assumption is made about the maximum age of [[Gentianales]].
 
 
 
==Uses==
 
Economically, some species are cultivated [[ornamental plant]]s and many species yield bitter principles used medicinally and in flavorings.
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
The family was described for the first time by [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu]] in 1789.
 
 
 
===Tribes===
 
*tribe [[Chironieae]] <small>([[George Don|G.Don]]) [[Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]</small>
 
**subtribe Canscorinae <small>Thiv & Kadereit</small>
 
**subtribe Chironiinae <small>[[George Don|G.Don]]</small>
 
**subtribe Coutoubeinae <small>[[George Don|G.Don]]</small>
 
*tribe [[Exaceae]]  <small>[[Luigi Aloysius Colla|Colla]]</small>
 
*tribe [[Gentianeae]] <small>[[Luigi Aloysius Colla|Colla]]</small>
 
**subtribe Gentianinae <small>[[George Don|G.Don]]</small>
 
**subtribe Swertiinae <small>([[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]) [[Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach|Rchb.]]</small>
 
*tribe [[Helieae]] <small>Gilg</small>
 
*tribe [[Potalieae]] <small>[[Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach|Rchb.]]</small>
 
**subtribe Faroinae <small>Struwe & V.A.Albert</small>
 
**subtribe Lisianthiinae <small>[[George Don|G.Don]]</small>
 
**subtribe Potaliinae <small>([[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]) Progel</small>
 
*tribe [[Saccifolieae]]  <small>(Maguire & Pires) Struwe, Thiv, V.A.Albert & Kadereit</small>
 
*''incertae sedis [[Voyria]]''
 
 
 
===Genera===
 
{{div col|3}}
 
*''[[Adenolisianthus]]'' <small>(Progel) Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Anthocleista]]'' <small>[[Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose)|R.Br.]]</small>
 
*''[[Aripuana]]'' <small>Struwe, Maas & V.A.Albert</small>
 
*''[[Bartonia]]'' <small>H.L.Mühl. ex [[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow|Willd.]]</small>
 
*''[[Bisgoeppertia]]'' <small>[[Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]</small>
 
*''[[Blackstonia]]'' <small>Huds.</small>
 
*''[[Calolisianthus]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Canscora]]'' <small>[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]</small>
 
*''[[Celiantha]]'' <small>Maguire</small>
 
*''[[Centaurium]]'' <small>Hill</small>
 
*''[[Chelonanthus]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Chironia]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
 
*''[[Chorisepalum]]'' <small>Gleason & Wodehouse</small>
 
*''[[Cicendia]]'' <small>[[Michel Adanson|Adans.]]</small>
 
*''[[Comastoma]]'' <small>(Wettst.) Toyok.</small>
 
*''[[Congolanthus]]'' <small>A.Raynal</small>
 
*''[[Cotylanthera]]'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>
 
*''[[Coutoubea]]'' <small>[[Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet|Aubl.]]</small>
 
*''[[Cracosna]]'' <small>[[François Gagnepain|Gagnep.]]</small>
 
*''[[Crawfurdia]]'' <small>[[Nathaniel Wallich|Wall.]]</small>
 
*''[[Curtia]]'' <small>[[Adelbert von Chamisso|Cham.]]  & [[Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal|Schltdl.]]</small>
 
*''[[Deianira (genus)|Deianira]]'' <small>[[Adelbert von Chamisso|Cham.]]  & [[Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal|Schltdl.]]</small>
 
*''[[Djaloniella]]'' <small>P.Taylor</small>
 
*''[[Enicostema]]'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>
 
*''[[Eustoma]]'' <small>[[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Exaculum]]'' <small>Caruel</small>
 
*''[[Exacum]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
 
*''[[Exochaenium]]'' <small>[[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Fagraea]]'' <small>[[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Faroa]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Welwitsch|Welw.]]</small>
 
*''[[Frasera]]'' <small>Walter</small>
 
*''[[Geniostemon]]'' <small>Engelm. & [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]</small>
 
*''[[Gentiana]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
 
*''[[Gentianella]]'' <small>[[Conrad Moench|Moench]]</small>
 
*''[[Gentianopsis]]'' <small>Ma</small>
 
*''[[Gentianothamnus]]'' <small>Humbert.</small>
 
*''[[Halenia]]'' <small>Borkh.</small>
 
*''[[Helia (genus)|Helia]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]</small>
 
*''[[Hockinia]]'' <small>Gardner</small>
 
*''[[Hoppea]]'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow|Willd.]]</small>
 
*''[[Irlbachia]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]</small>
 
*''[[Ixanthus]]'' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Jaeschkea]]'' <small>[[Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz|Kurz]]</small>
 
*''[[Karina (genus)|Karina]]'' <small>Boutique</small>
 
*''[[Klackenbergia]]'' <small>Kissling</small>
 
*''[[Lagenanthus]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Lagenias]]'' <small>E.Mey.</small>
 
*''[[Latouchea]]'' <small>[[Adrien René Franchet|Franch.]]</small>
 
*''[[Lehmanniella]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Lisianthius]]'' <small>P.Browne</small>
 
*''[[Lomatogonium]]'' <small>A.Braun</small>
 
*''[[Macrocarpaea]]'' <small>([[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]) Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Megacodon]]'' <small>([[William Hemsley (botanist)|Hemsl.]]) Harry Sm.</small>
 
*''[[Microrphium]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
 
*''[[Monodiella]]'' <small>Maire</small>
 
*''[[Neblinantha]]'' <small>Maguire</small>
 
*''[[Neurotheca]]'' <small>[[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]] ex [[George Bentham|Benth.]]</small>
 
*''[[Obolaria]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
 
*''[[Oreonesion]]'' <small>A.Raynal</small>
 
*''[[Ornichia]]'' <small>Klack.</small>
 
*''[[Orphium]]'' <small>[[Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer|E.Mey.]]</small>
 
*''[[Phyllocyclus]]'' <small>[[Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz|Kurz]]</small>
 
*''[[Potalia]]'' <small>[[Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet|Aubl.]]</small>
 
*''[[Prepusa (plant)|Prepusa]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]</small>
 
*''[[Pterygocalyx]]'' <small>Maxim.</small>
 
*''[[Purdieanthus]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Pycnosphaera]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Rogersonanthus]]'' <small>Maguire & Pires</small>
 
*''[[Sabatia]]'' <small>[[Michel Adanson|Adans.]]</small>
 
*''[[Saccifolium]]'' <small>Maguire & Pires</small>
 
*''[[Schinziella]]'' <small>Gilg</small>
 
*''[[Schultesia]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]</small>
 
*''[[Sebaea]]'' <small>[[Daniel Solande|Sol.]] ex [[Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose)|R.Br.]]</small>
 
*''[[Senaea]]'' <small>Taub.</small>
 
*''[[Sipapoantha]]'' <small>Maguire & B.M.Boom</small>
 
*''[[Swertia]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
 
*''[[Symbolanthus]]'' <small>[[George Don|G.Don]]</small>
 
*''[[Tachia (genus)|Tachia]]'' <small>[[Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet|Aubl.]]</small>
 
*''[[Tachiadenus]]'' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Tapeinostemon]]'' <small>[[George Bentham|Benth.]]</small>
 
*''[[Tetrapollinia]]'' <small>Maguire & B.M.Boom</small>
 
*''[[Tripterospermum]]'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>
 
*''[[Urogentias]]'' <small>Gilg & Gilg-Ben.</small>
 
*''[[Veratrilla]]'' <small>[[Henri Ernest Baillon|Baill.]] ex [[Adrien René Franchet|Franch.]]</small>
 
*''[[Voyria]]'' <small>[[Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet|Aubl.]]</small>
 
*''[[Voyriella]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]</small>
 
*''[[Wurdackanthus]]'' <small>Maguire</small>
 
*''[[Xestaea]]'' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Zonanthus]]'' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
 
*''[[Zygostigma]]'' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
 
{{div col end}}
 
 
 
==Phylogeny==
 
{{clade
 
|label1='''Gentianaceae'''
 
|1={{clade
 
  |1=[[Saccifolieae]]
 
  |2={{clade
 
      |1=[[Exaceae]]
 
      |2={{clade
 
        |1=[[Chironieae]]
 
        |2={{clade
 
        |1=[[Helieae]]
 
        |2=[[Potalieae]]
 
                |3=[[Gentianeae]]
 
        }}
 
        }}
 
      }}
 
  }}
 
}}
 
 
 
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
 
==External links==
 
{{commons|Gentianaceae}}
 
{{wikispecies|Gentianaceae}}
 
*[http://gentian.rutgers.edu Gentian Research Network]
 
 
 
[[Category:Gentianaceae| ]]
 
[[Category:Asterid families]]
 

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