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Blackstonia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Gentianaceae, native to Europe and to nearby regions of Asia and Africa. Its best known species is its type species, Blackstonia perfoliata, the yellow-wort.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyGentianaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany
Observations recorded128,414

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
56
With media
56
Family
Gentianaceae
Collections
MO, RSA, CHRB
Recorded in
Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Malta, Germany, Yugoslavia (Former)

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gentianaceae
Image
Blackstonia perfoliata1.jpg
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Commons category
Blackstonia
taxon name
Blackstonia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Blackstonia
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Blackstonia
taxon common name
Blakstonio
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Encyclopedic overview

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Blackstonia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Gentianaceae, native to Europe and to nearby regions of Asia and Africa. Its best known species is its type species, Blackstonia perfoliata, the yellow-wort.

The genus is named after the English botanical writer John Blackstone (1712-1753).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blackstonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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