Gentiana macrophylla

Species of flowering plant in the gentian family Gentianceae

Large leaf gentian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species:
G. macrophylla
Binomial name
Gentiana macrophylla
Synonyms
  • Gentiana straminea
  • Gentiana crassiaulisor
  • Gentiana dahurica

Gentiana macrophylla, the large leaf gentian, is called qin jiao(秦艽) in Chinese. Synonyms include G. straminea, G. crassiaulisor, and G. dahurica. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia.[1]

Chemistry

Chemical constituents include gentianine, gentianidine, gentiopicroside, and gentianol.[citation needed]

Gallery

  • Gentiopicroside (gentiopicrin) a selected constituent of Gentiana.
    Gentiopicroside (gentiopicrin) a selected constituent of Gentiana.
  • Gentianine
    Gentianine

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gentiana macrophylla.
  1. ^ "Gentiana macrophylla". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Gentiana macrophylla


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