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| August 2006 at high marsh |
August 2006 at high marsh |
August 2006 at high marsh |
| 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. |
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