Biology:Gentianella germanica

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Short description: Species of plant

Gentianella germanica
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentianella
Species:
G. germanica
Binomial name
Gentianella germanica
(Willd.) E.F.Warb. [1]
Gentianella germanica - Dolomites

Gentianella germanica, common name German gentian,[2][3] also known in the United Kingdom as the Chiltern gentian, is a flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It was chosen as the county flower of Buckinghamshire.[4] Within the UK, it is only native to the Chiltern Hills of southern England ,[5] although its distribution in continental Europe is much wider, ranging from France to the Balkans.[1][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Flora Europaea". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?GENUS_XREF=Gentianella&SPECIES_XREF=germanica. 
  2. Grey-Wilson, Christopher; Blamey, Marjorie (1979). The Alpine Flowers of Britain and Europe. London: Collins. p. 182. 
  3. Frankham, Richard (2017). Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 63, 394. 
  4. Plantlife website County Flowers page
  5. C. D. Preston, D. A. Pearman & T. D. Dines (eds.) (2002). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-851067-5. 
  6. "Floraqueen". https://www.floraqueen.pl/blog/kwiaty-swiata-polska/.  Monday, 26 August 2019

Wikidata ☰ Q159625 entry