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Gentiana decora Pollard
showy gentian

       
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Gentiana decora Pollard

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Synonyms:
Gentiana decora Pollard

  DADE2 Dasystephana decora (Pollard) Small
 

Distribution:
Gentiana decora Pollard

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USA (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Gentiana decora Pollard

View 17 genera in Gentianaceae, 36 species in Gentiana
 

Classification:
Gentiana decora Pollard

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Gentianales
Family Gentianaceae – Gentian family
Genus Gentiana L. – gentian
Species Gentiana decora Pollard – showy gentian
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gentiana decora Pollard

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
showy gentian              Special Concern
 

More Accounts and Images:
Gentiana decora Pollard

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29975.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/27/2008 10:48 PM MDT