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Internal ID UUID64401daa36932348531530
Scientific name Gentiana nivalis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 229 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lexipyretum nivale Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 450 (1867)
Calathiana nivalis Delarbre Fl. Auvergne , ed. 2, 1: 28 (1800)
Chiophila nivalis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 23 (1837)
Ericala carpathica G.Don Gen. Hist. iv. 190.
Ericala nivalis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 336.
Ericoila nivalis Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 27 (1796)
Gentiana aquatica Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 425.
Gentiana carpathica Kit. Oestr. Fl. , ed. 2, 1: 443 (1814)
Gentiana humilis Rochel Pl. Banat. Rar. 61. f. 47.
Gentiana minima Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 528 (1787)
Gentiana nivalis var. albiflora Lange Meddel. Grønland 3: 265 (1887)
Hippion nivale F.W.Schmidt Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(1): 10 (1796)
Gentiana nivalis f. albiflora (Lange) J.M.Gillett Gentians Canada 37 1963
Ericoila carpathica (Kit. ex Schult.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 190 (1837)
Gentiana nivalis var. uniflora Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 287 (1828)
Gentiana nivalis f. reducta Bolzon Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1910: 70 (1910)
Gentiana nivalis var. brevifolia Rouy Fl. France 10: 266 (1908)
Gentiana nivalis subf. reducta (Bolzon) Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , n.s., 21: 196 (1914)

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Language Common/alternative name
English snow gentian
Spanish lexipyretum nivale
Spanish gentiana nivalis var. brevifolia
Spanish ericala nivalis
Spanish ericala carpathica
Spanish chiophila nivalis
Spanish hippion nivale
Spanish calathiana nivalis
Spanish ericoïla nivalis
Spanish genciana nival
Bulgarian снежна тинтява
Catalan genciana nival
Czech hořec sněžný
Welsh crwynllys y mynydd
German schnee-enzian
Esperanto neĝogenciano
Persian گلسپاسی برفی
Finnish tunturikatkero
French gentiane des neiges
Upper Sorbian sněhowy hórkowc
Icelandic dýragras
Norwegian Bokmål snøsøte
Dutch sneeuwgentiaan
Norwegian Nynorsk snøsøte
Polish goryczka śniegowa
Romanian ochincel
Russian Горечавка снежная
se alitnásti
se muohtacivzza
Slovak horec snežný
Slovenian snežni svišč
Swedish nordstålört
Swedish fjällgentiana
Ukrainian Тирлич сніговий

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • North European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • Québec
    • Subarctic America
      • Greenland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000698094
Canadensys 6001
USDA Plants GENI
Tropicos 13800026
INPN 99910
Flora of Italy 4044
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:368570-1
The Plant List kew-2821030
Open Tree Of Life 346686
Observations.org 135809
NCBI Taxonomy 38852
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003968
Nature Serve 2.130551
IPNI 368570-1
iNaturalist 163230
GBIF 3170097
Freebase /m/0cxxdk
EPPO GETNI
EOL 487560
USDA GRIN 17396
Wikipedia Gentiana_nivalis

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Conservation of the Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants in the Mining and Tourism Area: Khibiny Mountains, Murmansk Region, Russia Borovichev EA, Kozhin MN, Koroleva NE, Petrova OV, Akhmerova DR, Shulina MV Plants (Basel) 23-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085426
doi:10.3390/plants13091180
PMID:38732395
Floristic–Vegetational Features of Geranium argenteum, an Alpine–Apennine Species at Its Limit of Distribution in the Apennines Ballelli S, Tesei G, Pennesi R, Allegrezza M Life (Basel) 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10744573
doi:10.3390/life13122273
PMID:38137874
Trait-based responses to cessation of nutrient enrichment in a tundra plant community Werner CM, Tuomi M, Eskelinen A Oecologia 29-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8585805
doi:10.1007/s00442-021-05064-w
PMID:34716491
Pulse grazing by reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can increase the phylogenetic diversity of vascular plant communities in the Fennoscandian tundra Gibson K, Olofsson J, Mooers AØ, Monroe MJ Ecol Evol 07-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8571604
doi:10.1002/ece3.8131
PMID:34765128
Fragmentary Blue: Resolving the Rarity Paradox in Flower Colors Dyer AG, Jentsch A, Burd M, Garcia JE, Giejsztowt J, Camargo MG, Tjørve E, Tjørve KM, White P, Shrestha M Front Plant Sci 15-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7859648
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.618203
PMID:33552110
Divergent selection and genetic structure of Sideritis scardica populations from southern Balkan Peninsula as revealed by AFLP fingerprinting Grdiša M, Radosavljević I, Liber Z, Stefkov G, Ralli P, Chatzopoulou PS, Carović-Stanko K, Šatović Z Sci Rep 04-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6726656
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49097-x
PMID:31484938
Dataset on reproductive traits of Scandinavian alpine plants Bruun HH Data Brief 12-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6598830
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104149
PMID:31297428
A multi-level test of the seed number/size trade-off in two Scandinavian communities Lázaro A, Larrinaga AR PLoS One 27-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6063417
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201175
PMID:30052656
Habitat‐related seed germination traits in alpine habitats Tudela‐Isanta M, Fernández‐Pascual E, Wijayasinghe M, Orsenigo S, Rossi G, Pritchard HW, Mondoni A Ecol Evol 24-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5756861
doi:10.1002/ece3.3539
PMID:29321859
Environmental and geographic variables are effective surrogates for genetic variation in conservation planning Hanson JO, Rhodes JR, Riginos C, Fuller RA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 31-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5715761
doi:10.1073/pnas.1711009114
PMID:29087942
Evaluation of seven DNA barcodes for differentiating closely related medicinal Gentiana species and their adulterants Wong KL, But PP, Shaw PC Chin Med 20-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3766668
doi:10.1186/1749-8546-8-16
PMID:23962024
Thermal niches are more conserved at cold than warm limits in arctic-alpine plant species Pellissier L, Bråthen KA, Vittoz P, Yoccoz NG, Dubuis A, Meier ES, Zimmermann NE, Randin CF, Thuiller W, Garraud L, Van Es J, Guisan A 01-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC4001081
doi:10.1111/geb.12057
PMID:24790524
Broad-scale adaptive genetic variation in alpine plants is driven by temperature and precipitation MANEL S, GUGERLI F, THUILLER W, ALVAREZ N, LEGENDRE P, HOLDEREGGER R, GIELLY L, TABERLET P Mol Ecol 10-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC4003392
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05656.x
PMID:22680783
Flora and Vegetation of Tasiilaq, Formerly Angmagssalik, Southeast Greenland: A Comparison of Data Between Around 1900 and 2007 Daniëls FJ, de Molenaar JG Ambio 24-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3357867
doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0171-3
PMID:21954727
Contribution à la phytochimie du genre <i>Gentiana</i>. V. Identification d'un nouveau O‐glucoside de C‐glucoside flavonique dans les feuilles de <i>Gentiana nivalis</i> L Kurt Hostettmann, André Jacot‐Guillarmod Wiley 26-Dec-2004
doi:10.1002/HLCA.19740570124

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