Biology:Zeltnera beyrichii
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Short description: Species of plant
Zeltnera beyrichii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Genus: | Zeltnera |
Species: | Z. beyrichii
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Binomial name | |
Zeltnera beyrichii (Torr. & A.Gray) G.Mans.
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Zeltnera beyrichii, commonly known as mountain pink, quinine weed or rock centaury, is an annual plant in the New World that blooms from late spring to early fall. Used as a medicinal plant by pioneers, the flowers were dried and used to reduce fevers.
Until 2004 it was known as Centaurium beyrichii.[1]
References
- ↑ Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb.". Taxon 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q8068832 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeltnera beyrichii.
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