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Zeltnera beyrichii

Description

Zeltnera beyrichii, commonly known as mountain pink, quinine weed or rock centaury, is an annual that blooms from late spring to early fall. Used as a medicinal plant by pioneers, the flowers were dried and used to reduce fevers.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3842928https://www.gbif.org/species/3842928
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gentianales : Gentianaceae : Zeltnera : Zeltnera beyrichii
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
phylumSpermatophyta
classMagnoliopsidaCronquist et al. 1996
-EudicotDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderGentianalesJussieu 1820
familyGentianaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusZeltneraG.Mans.
speciesZeltnera beyrichiiG.Mans. Torr. & A.Gray
Generic NameZeltnera
Scientific NameZeltnera beyrichii (Torr. & A.Gray) G.Mans.
Name Published InTaxon 53:733. 2004
Common Name(s) Quinineweed, Mountain Pink, Rock Centaury
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeltnera_beyrichii

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Centaurium beyrichii beyrichii GBIFvarietyPlantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gentianales : Gentianaceae : Zeltnera : Centaurium beyrichii beyrichii
Erythraea beyrichii Torr. & A.GrayGBIFspeciesPlantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gentianales : Gentianaceae : Zeltnera : Erythraea beyrichii
Erythraea beyrichii B.L.Rob. (Torr. & A.Gray)GBIFspeciesPlantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gentianales : Gentianaceae : Zeltnera : Erythraea beyrichii
Centaurium beyrichii B.L.Robins. (Torr. & Gray)GBIFspeciesPlantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gentianales : Gentianaceae : Zeltnera : Centaurium beyrichii
Centaurodes beyrichii Kuntze (Torr. & A.Gray)GBIFspeciesPlantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Gentianales : Gentianaceae : Zeltnera : Centaurodes beyrichii

References

Mansion, Guilhem, 2004: A New Classification of the Polyphyletic Genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): Description of the New World Endemic Zeltnera, and Reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb.. Taxon, vol, 53, no. 3. 719-740. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
G. Mansion (2004) In: Taxon 53(3): 733 - via Catalogue of Life
Mansion G (2004) A New Classification of the Polyphyletic Genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): Description of the New World Endemic Zeltnera, and Reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb. Taxon 53(3): 719-740. doi: 10.2307/4135447. - via The Plant List with literature
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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