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updated: 01/19/11 

Potalia IMAGES
(Gentianaceae: Potalieae: Potaliinae: Potalia)
Potalia amara

French Guiana

Photo: Carol Gracie

Note: Corolla white to cream colored, never green.

 

Potalia amara

French Guiana

Photo: Bruce Holst (link to photo source)

 

 

 

Potalia elegans

Drawings from Flora of Venezuelan Guayana (Gentianaceae by Struwe et al., 1999). Artist: Bobbi Angell. © Missouri Botanical GardenMore images from this flora

(links to high resolution pictures: habit, stem with ocreas, opened corolla, anther, gynoecium, fruits, fruit, fruit in l-sect, seed)

More images of Potalia elegans

Potalia maguireorum

Drawings from Flora of Venezuelan Guayana (Gentianaceae by Struwe et al., 1999). Artist: Bobbi Angell. © Missouri Botanical GardenMore images from this flora

(links to high resolution pictures: habit, stem, flowers, flower, open flower, anther, fruits, fruit, fruit in l-sect, seed)

More images of Potalia maguireorum

Potalia resinifera

Peru

Photo: Bertil Ståhl

Note: inflorescence compact, corolla lobes dark green with yellow edge.

More images of Potalia resinifera

Potalia resinifera

Photo: L. J. Westra

Voucher: Maas & Westra

 

Potalia resinifera

Photo: L. J. Westra

Voucher: Maas & Westra

 
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