Gentiana triflora var. japonica




Family Gentianaceae
Tribe Gentianeae
Subtribe Gentianinae
Scientific name Gentiana triflora Pallas var. japonica (Kusnezow) Hara
Synonyms Gentiana triflora Pallas var. hormuiensis (Kudo) Hara; Gentiana triflora Pallas var. japonica (Kusnezow) Hara subvar. montana (Hara) Toyokuni; Gentiana triflora Pallas var. montana (Hara) Hara
Common name (Japanese common name) ezo-rindou (エゾリンドウ, 蝦夷竜胆 [meaning: Ezo gentian (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)])
(English common name) royal blue gentian
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Kinki region)
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=26
Description Plants electing 30-100cm tall. Leaves 5-15cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers blue corollas 4-5cm long, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Gentiana triflora Pall.
Gentiana triflora Pallas
Method of treating candida and cryptococcus fungal infections by administering gentian (US Patent 5837254/1998)
Method and preparations for the treatment of fungus (US Patent 6090389/2000)
Plant genes (US Patent 6232109/2001)
DNA shuffling of monooxygenase genes for production of industrial chemicals (US Patent 6605430/2003)
Gene encoding a protein having acyl group transfer activity (US Patent 7105719/2006)
Plant anthocyanidin rutinoside aromatic acyl transferases (US Patent 7173164/2007)
Aliphatic acyl transferase genes (US Patent 7186886/2007)
Glycosyltransferase genes (US Patent 7160700/2007)
Note Many non-Japanese authors regard Gentiana triflora Pallas var. japonica (Kusnezow) Hara and other similar local variations as a synonym of Gentiana triflora Pallas. However most Japanese authors don't agree with such opinion at all. I think that this discussion should be resolved by DNA analyasis of related species.



August 2006
at high marsh
August 2006
at high marsh
August 2006
at high marsh



August 2006
at high marsh
August 2006
at high marsh
August 2006
at high marsh