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Gentianaceae Habit: Annual to perennial herb [to trees]. Stem: decumbent to erect, < 2 m, simple or branched. Leaf: simple, cauline, sometimes also basal, opposite or whorled, entire, sessile or basal +- petioled; stipules 0. Flower: bisexual, radial, parts in 4s or 5s except pistil 1; sepals fused, persistent; petals fused, +- persistent, sinus between lobes often unappendaged; stamens epipetalous, alternate corolla lobes; ovary superior, chamber 1, placentas parietal, often intruding, stigmas 1--2. Fruit: capsule, 2-valved. Seed: many. Genera In Family: +- 90 genera, 1800 species: worldwide; some cultivated (Eustoma, Exacum, Gentiana). Note: Gentianella tenella moved to Comastoma. Key to genera revised by Bruce G. Baldwin. Jepson eFlora Author: James S. Pringle Reference: Struwe & Albert 2002 Gentianaceae. Cambridge Univ Press Unabridged Reference: Wood & Weaver 1982 J Arnold Arbor 63:441--487; Struwe & Albert 2002 Gentianaceae: Systematics and Natural History. Cambridge Univ Press Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti. Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Key to Gentianaceae Previous taxon: Garrya veatchii Next taxon: Centaurium |