''Exacum'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
in family
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species.
Etymology
The family takes its name from the genus '' Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius.
Distribution
Distribution is cosmopolitan.
Characteri ...
. It contains the following species (but this list is incomplete):
* ''
Exacum affine''
Balf.f.
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxf ...
ex Regel
* ''
Exacum axillare''
* ''
Exacum bicolor''
* ''
Exacum caeruleum''
Balf.f.
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxf ...
* ''
Exacum laxiflorum'' (Gamble) Geethakumary, Deepu, Kissling & Pandurangan
* ''
Exacum pallidum''
* ''
Exacum pedunculatum''
* ''
Exacum sessile''
* ''
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Balf.f.
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxf ...
* ''
Exacum tetragonum''
* ''
Exacum tinervium''
* ''
Exacum travancoricum''
* ''
Exacum walkeri''
References
Gentianaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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