Gentianaceae Juss.
Chionogentias L.G.Adams , legitimate, scientific
Adams, L.G. (25 October 1995), Chionogentias (Gentianaceae), a new generic name for the Australasian 'snow-gentians' and a revision of the Australian species. Australian Systematic Botany 8(5): 949 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Chionogentias saxosa (G.Forst.) L.G.Adams; (basionym: Gentiana saxosa G.Forst.).
taxonomic synonym: Gentianella sect. Antarctophila (Griseb.) Holub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentianella sect. Andicola (Griseb.) Holub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Á.Löve nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Connor & Edgar nom. inval. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Antarctophila Griseb. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Andicola Griseb. legitimate
Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 90-103 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Antarctophila Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Andicola Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentianella sect. Antarctophila (Griseb.) Holub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentianella sect. Andicola (Griseb.) Holub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Á.Löve nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Connor & Edgar nom. inval. misapplication: Gentiana L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 450 misapplication: Gentianella Moench legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1957), The Victorian Naturalist 73: 199
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Gentianaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 317 [secondary reference]
Glenny, D. (2004), A revision of the genus Gentianella in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(3): 449 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Gentianella Moench legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Gentiana i Oreophylax Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Antarctophila Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Andicola Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentiana sect. Oreophylax (Endl.) Pfeiff. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Willis nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Airy Shaw nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Gentianella sect. Antarctophila (Griseb.) Holub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gentianella sect. Andicola (Griseb.) Holub legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Á.Löve nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Oreophylax Connor & Edgar nom. inval. misapplication: Gentianella Moench legitimate by Moench, C. (1794), Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis: 482 misapplication: Gentiana L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 450
  • APC Comment: A long succession of authors tried and failed to validly publish the generic name Oreophylax. The contorted nomenclature was discussed by L.G.Adams, Aust. Syst. Bot. 8: 935-1011 (1995), who treated it as a synonym of his new name Chionogentias.

    Glenny, New Zealand J. Bot. 42(3): 361-530 (2004) transferred the Australian species of Chionogentias to Gentianella. This transfer is accepted in Tas, but Chionogentias is retained elsewhere in Australia.

  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 180 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Gentianella Moench legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Gentianella Moench legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Gentianella Moench legitimate