View source for Eustoma ← Eustoma You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Eustoma |accepted_authority=Salisbury |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Parad. Lond. |place=1: plate 34. 1806 |year=1806 }} |common_names=Catchfly- or bluebell- or prairie-gentian |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Gentianaceae;Eustoma |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Gentianaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eustoma]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek eu-, fine, and stoma, gap, alluding to showy, open-mouthed corolla |volume=Volume 14 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial, chlorophyllous, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, opposite. <b>Inflorescences</b> open, proximally dichasial or completely monochasial cymes; flowers pedicellate. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; calyx lobed nearly to base; corolla widely campanulate, glabrous, lobes 2+ times as long as tube, margins entire or inconspicuously erose, plicae between lobes absent; stamens inserted near middle of corolla tube; anthers distinct; ovary sessile; style proximally persistent, erect, distinct; stigma 2-lobed; nectariferous ring at base of ovary. <b>Capsules</b> compressed ovoid-ellipsoid. <b>x</b> = 18.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;introduced in n South America and Pacific Islands (Guam);temperate to tropical areas. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>This showy-flowered genus is popular in horticulture, where it is often called lisianthus, that being an incorrect spelling of the name of a genus from which these plants have long been segregated. True Lisianthius P. Browne is a Central American and West Indian genus that is very different in appearance and doubtfully in cultivation.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Eustoma |author=James S. Pringle |authority=Salisbury |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Gentianaceae |distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;introduced in n South America and Pacific Islands (Guam);temperate to tropical areas. |reference=None |publication title=Parad. Lond. |publication year=1806 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Eustoma }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Gentianaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Gentianaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Eustoma.