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	Gentiana alpina VILL.

Genus: Gentiana L.

Authors:
	VILL.:	Dominique Villars (1745 - 1814), French physician and botanist
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Gentiana:	Genthius (about 180 - 168 BC), Illyrian king
	alpina:	from the Alps

At Gentiana alpina the leaves are almost es wide as long, while the leaves of the similar Gentiana acaulis are longish.

Fig. 1: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Port d'Envalira 26.6.2008

Fig. 2: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Port d'Envalira 26.6.2008

Fig. 3: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Puigmal 1.8.2018

Fig. 4: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Puigmal 1.8.2018

Fig. 5: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Puigmal 1.8.2018

Fig. 6: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Puigmal 1.8.2018

Fig. 7: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Eyne 14.5.2007

Fig. 8: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Eyne 14.5.2007

Fig. 9: Gentiana alpina / Alpine Gentian, Southern Gentian
F Pyrenees, Eyne 25.6.2008

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