Pan India Bouquets

Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Family : Gentianaceae
(Gentian Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
Synonym(s) : Ciminalis capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Omer; Ciminalis capitata var. andersonii (C.B.Clarke) Omer; Gentiana andersonii C.B.Clarke; Gentiana baconi Edgew.; Gentiana cephalodes var. andersonii (C.B.Clarke) S.Agrawal & U.C.Bhattach.; Gentiana marginata Wall.; Varasia capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Soják
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Common name : Clustered Gentian
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Meadow slopes, scrub meadows, forest margins, on river banks in forest, roadsides; 1370 - 4500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : February-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to South and South-East Tibet and North Myanmar
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 176; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 654-655; Shabir M. et. al., (2017). On the current status of the genus Gentiana L. (Gentianaceae) in India. Pleione. 11(1): 16-24
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Gentiana capitata. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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