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Gentiana Life
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Gentianaceae
About 400 species, native to mainly alpine areas of the north
temperate regions, northwest Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Six species and
a hybrid species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Gentiana asclepiadea
Native from central Europe to the Ukraine. |
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Gentiana burseri
Native to southwestern Europe. |
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Gentiana cruciata (Cross
gentian)
Native to Europe. |
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Gentiana fetisowii
Native to Turkestan. |
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Gentiana septemfida
Native to the Caucasus. |
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Gentiana walujewii
Native to Turkestan |
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Gentiana x hascombensis |
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