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| Gentiana triflora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Gentiana |
| Species: | G. triflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Gentiana triflora Pall.
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Gentiana triflora (三花龙胆 san hua long dan in Chinese, called clustered gentian in English) is a tall, flowering perennial plant in the genus Gentiana native to higher-elevation (600–1000 m) meadows and forests of China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol), Mongolia, Eastern Russia, Korea and Japan.[1]
Gentian blue petals predominantly contain the unusually blue and stable anthocyanin gentiodelphin (delphinidin 3-O-glucosyl-5-O-(6-O-caffeoyl-glucosyl)-3′-O-(6-O-caffeoyl-glucoside)).[2][3]
References
- ^ Page on eFloras.org, Flora of China
- ^ Fukuchi-Mizutani, M.; Okuhara, H; Fukui, Y; Nakao, M; Katsumoto, Y; Yonekura-Sakakibara, K; Kusumi, T; Hase, T; Tanaka, Y (2003). "Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Novel UDP-Glucose:Anthocyanin 3'-O-Glucosyltransferase, a Key Enzyme for Blue Anthocyanin Biosynthesis, from Gentian". Plant Physiology. 132 (3): 1652–63. doi:10.1104/pp.102.018242. PMC 167102. PMID 12857844.
- ^ Nakatsuka, T.; Sato, K.; Takahashi, H.; Yamamura, S.; Nishihara, M. (2008). "Cloning and characterization of the UDP-glucose:anthocyanin 5-O-glucosyltransferase gene from blue-flowered gentian". Journal of Experimental Botany. 59 (6): 1241–52. doi:10.1093/jxb/ern031. PMID 18375606.