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12. Gentiana Sect. Fimbricorona T. N. Ho, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 20(2): 184. 1990.

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Annuals. Corolla throat with a ring of multicellular hairs (not to be confused with fimbriate plicae between corolla lobes). Capsules obovoid, conspicuously winged; wing broad at apex but gradually narrowed toward base. Seed coat minutely reticulate.

Four species; Bhutan, SW China, Kashmir, Myanmar; two species in China.

1 Corolla throat with 5 distinct bundles of hairs; style 4-5 mm, filiform 247 Gentiana cuneibarba

+ Corolla throat with a sparse ring of hairs; style 1-2 mm, cylindric 248 Gentiana faucipilosa

Lower Taxa

Gentiana cuneibarba Harry Smith
Gentiana faucipilosa Harry Smith