Gentianella anisodonta, (Borbas) A. & D. Love

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 66

17. G. anisodonta (Borbas) Ä. & D. Love , Bot. Not. 114: 42 (1961)

( Gentiana anisodonta Borbas , G. germanica subsp. calycina (Koch) Hayek , G. calycina (Koch) Wettst. ).

Like 15 but lower cauline leaves obovate to spathulate, the upper triangular-lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely cibate; two calyx-lobes much wider than the others, revolute, strongly cibate, with glabrous midrib; corolla 2O-3O(-33) mm, exceeding the calyx; capsule stipitate. 2« = 36. Calcicole. • S. C. & S.E. Alps; Appennini; N. W. Jugoslavia. Au He It Ju.

Ecotypic variants:

Autumnal: Type of the species.

Aestival-montane: var. antecedens (Wettst.) E. Mayer , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 116: 394 (1969) ( Gentiana anisodonta subsp. antecedens (Pacher) Mansfeld ).

Aestival-alpine: var. calycina (Koch) E. Mayer , loc. cit. (1969) ( Gentiana anisodonta subsp. calycina (Koch) Mansfeld ).

G. insubrica (H. Kunz) J. Holub , Folia Geobot. Phytotax. (Praha) 2: 117 (1967), from S. Switzerland, is like 17 but has stout, rigid stems and slightly unequal, papillose, not hairy, calyx-lobes. It is also calcicole.

G. albanica (Jâv.) J. Holub , op. cit. 116 (1967), from Albania, has a compact habit and revolute calyx-lobes. It requires further investigation.