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Blackstonia
Sign in to saveBlackstonia 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
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- 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)
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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.