- Gentiana, genus Gentiana - type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella
--1 is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
--1 is a member of Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian family
--1 has members:great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea; marsh gentian, calathian violet, Gentiana pneumonanthe