Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Gentianella Moench
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Gentianella corymbifera (Kirk) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 218 (1968) subsp. corymbifera
 Description

Plants biennial, rarely polycarpic, 60– 470 mm tall. Leaves 41–168 mm long, 6.5–31 mm wide; petiole indistinct, 4.0–18.5 mm wide at leaf base. Flowering stems 1–9 per plant, 3.0–11.3 mm diam. when fresh, (1.8–)3.7–4.7(–8.0) mm diam. when dry. Pedicels (1–)2(–3) per leaf axil, (3–)10– 40(–50) mm long, 0.9–1.5 mm diam. Flowers 7–110 per plant, 14–23 mm long. Calyx 6.8–18 mm long; lobes 3.1–10 mm long, 2.7–4.0 mm wide at base. Corolla 14.0–21.1 mm long. Filaments 7.2–12.8 mm long, 1.1–1.6 mm wide. Anthers 1.9–3.2 mm long. FL late Dec–Jan (montane valleys), Feb–Mar (alpine).

[Reproduced from Glenny (2004, New Zealand J. Bot. 42: 361-530) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Adams, L.G. 1995: Chionogentias (Gentianaceae) a new generic name for the Australasian 'snow-gentians' and a revision of the Australian species. Australian Systematic Botany 8: 935–1011.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Glenny, D. 2004: A revision of the genus Gentianella in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(3): 361–530.
Holub, J. 1968: Einige neue nomenklatorische Kombinationen innerbalb der Gentianinae. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 3: 217–218.
Kirk, T. 1895: A Revision of the New Zealand Gentians. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 27: 330–341.