Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gentiana affinis Griseb. [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pleated gentian	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dasystephana affinis (Griseb.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Dasystephana bigelovii (A.Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Dasystephana forwoodii (A.Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Dasystephana interrupta (Greene) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 149 (1906).
Dasystephana oregana (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 464 (1913).
Dasystephana oxyloba Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 153 (1911).
Dasystephana rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 159 (1913).
Gentiana affinis var. bigelovii (A.Gray) Kusn. Trudy S.-Peterburgsk. Obshch. Estestvoisp., Otd. Bot. 24: 56 (1894).
Gentiana affinis var. brachycalyx A.Gray Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 74 (1862 publ. 1863).
Gentiana affinis var. forwoodii (A.Gray) Kusn. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 15: 201 (1898).
Gentiana affinis var. major A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Bot. Gaz. 55: 376 (1913).
Gentiana affinis var. ovata A.Gray in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 1: 483 (1876).
Gentiana affinis var. parvidentata Kusn. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 15: 201 (1898).
Gentiana affinis subsp. rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Halda Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 3: 18 (1885).
Gentiana bigelovii A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 86 (1883).
Gentiana forwoodii A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 86 (1883).
Gentiana interrupta Greene Pittonia 4: 182 (1900).
Gentiana oregana Engelm. ex A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 122 (1878).
Gentiana rusbyi Greene ex Kusn. Etud. Monog. Eugentiana: 54 (1894).
Pneumonanthe affinis (Griseb.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe bigelovii (A.Gray) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe forwoodii (A.Gray) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe interrupta (Greene) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe oregana (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).
Pneumonanthe rusbyi (Greene ex Kusn.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 71 (1904).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gentiana affinis Griseb.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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