| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Gentiana triflora Pall. | |
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.
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)).
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.
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