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brachyphylla

Taxon

Gentiana brachyphylla Vill.

Protologue Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 23. 1779 [16 Apr 1779] ; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 528 (1787)BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (13).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (13).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (23).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (23).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (17).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (17).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (22).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (22).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (14).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (14).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (12).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (12).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (15).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (15).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (16).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (16).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (20).JPG

Gentiana brachyphylla, Callmander, M 1277--Switzerland. Furkapass. 1 Jul 2016. DSC06826 (20).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Austria, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Callmander M.W., et al. 1277

July 1, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Obergoms (Oberwald)

46.537611, 8.356306

Location Remarks

Furkastrasse (Hwy 19), campsite just north of Oberwald village, along Rhone River. 1380 m elev.

Collectors

Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Exposed rocky, alpine meadowland on steep to gentle slopes above the pass.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Gentiana

Specific Epithet

brachyphylla

Authorship

Vill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#159,575 of 335,497

Top 48%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →