Gentiana triflora (Gentiana triflora)
Description
Gentiana triflora (三花龙胆 san hua long dan in Chinese,called clustered gentian in English) is a tall,flowering perennial plant in the genus Gentiana native to higher-elevation (600-1000 m) meadows and forests of China (Hebei,Heilongjiang,Jilin,Liaoning,Nei Mongol),Mongolia,Eastern Russia,Korea and Japan.Gentian blue petals predominantly contain the unusually blue and stable anthocyanin gentiodelphin (delphinidin 3-O-glucosyl-5-O-(6-O-caffeoyl-glucosyl)-3′-O-(6-O-caffeoyl-glucoside)).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Gentianales
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Family: Gentianaceae
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Genus: Gentiana
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