Gentiana asclepiadea

Gentiana asclepiadea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Gentianeae
Subtribus: Gentianinae
Genus: Gentiana
Sectio: G. sect. Asclepiadeae
Species: Gentiana asclepiadea

Name

Gentiana asclepiadea L., Sp. pl. 1: 227 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pneumonanthe asclepiadea (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 10 (1796).
  • Dasystephana asclepiadea (L.) Borkh., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1: t. 26 (1796).
  • Coilantha asclepiadea G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 186 (1837).
  • Dasistepha asclepiadea (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 19 (1837).
  • Gentianusa asclepiadea (L.) Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 250 (1809).
• Heterotypic
  • Pneumonanthe plicata F.W.Schmidt, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 10 (1796).
    • Gentiana asclepiadea var. plicata (F.W.Schmidt) Pohl, Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 250 (1809), nom. inval.
    • Gentiana asclepiadea var. plicata (F.W.Schmidt) Roth, Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 797 (1827).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea f. angustifolia Lebert, Gent. Helvet.: 36 (1834).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea subsp. elata Schübl. & G.Martens, Fl. Würtemberg: 139 (1834).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea β schistocalyx K.Koch, Linnaea 17: 282 (1843).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea var. obtusa Hagenb., Tent. Fl. Basil. Suppl.: 49 (1843).
    • Gentiana schistocalyx K.Koch, Linnaea 23: 585 (1850).
    • Gentiana asclepiadea f. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Bolzon, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 21: 195 (1914).
    • Gentiana asclepiadea var. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 3: 229 (1932).
    • Dasystephana schistocalyx (K.Koch) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 148: 200 (1979 publ. 1980).
    • Gentiana asclepiadea subsp. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Zakharova, Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 95(1): 97 (1990).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea var. albiflora Brügger, Naturg. Beitr. Chur: 73 (1874) nom. inval.
  • Gentiana asclepiadea f. cruciata Wartm. & Schlatter, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges.: 266 (1882).
    • Gentiana asclepiadea var. cruciata (Wartm. & Schlatter) Vollm., Fl. Bayern: 597 (1914).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea f. pectinata Wartm. & Schlatter, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges.: 266 (1882).
    • Gentiana asclepiadea var. pectinata (Wartm. & Schlatter) Vollm., Fl. Bayern: 597 (1914).
  • Gentiana ramiflora E.Szabó, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 44: 474 (1894).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea var. macrocalyx Sommier & Levier, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 16: 341 (1900).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea [unranked] albiflora Murr, Neue Übers. Bl.-Pfl. Vorarlberg 238 (1923), nom. inval.
  • Gentiana asclepiadea f. albiflora Murray ex Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1999 (1927).
  • Gentiana asclepiadea f. ramosa Züscher, in ?

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Northwest European Russia (introduced), Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 227. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pritchard, N.M. 1978. Gentiana. Pp. 183–190 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). 825 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gentiana asclepiadea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gentiana asclepiadea. Published online. Accessed: August 19 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Gentiana asclepiadea. Accessed: 19 August 2023. Reference page.
• Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collaborators 2026. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 16. June 2026. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, published on the internet (https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• čeština: hořec tolitovitý
• Cymraeg: Crwynllys dail helyg
• dansk: Svalerod-Ensian
• Deutsch: Schwalbenwurz-Enzian
• English: Willow Gentian
• Esperanto: Genciano asklepiada
• suomi: Metsäkatkero
• français: Gentiane Asclépiade
• hrvatski: Asklepijeva sirištara
• hornjoserbsce: Dajiwy hórkowc
• magyar: Fecsketárnics
• Nederlands: Zijdeplantgentiaan
• occitan: Genciana Asclepiada
• polski: Goryczka trojeściowa
• srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Šumska sirištara
• slovenčina: horec luskáčovitý
• slovenščina: Svečnik ali svilničasti svišč
• српски / srpski: Шумска сириштара
• svenska: Knippgentiana
• Türkçe: Mavi centiyan
• українська: Тирлич ваточниковидний

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