A worldwide monograph of Swertia and allies

Contents
1 Inter-generic circumscription of Swertia and allies1
1.1An introduction to the tribe Gentianae1
1.2Key to genera of the tribe Gentianae and subtribe Swertiinae1
1.3Morphologica ldifferentiation between the rotate and tubular genera4
2 SwertiaLinnaeus12
2.1Historical survey12
2.2Generic circumscription in the present work18
2.2.1Frasera21
2.2.2Ophelia22
2.2.3Anagallidium22
2.3Taxonomic traits of Swertia sensu lato23
2.3.1Grossmorphology23
2.3.2Embryology38
2.3.3Chromosomes44
2.3.4Pollentraits47
2.3.5Pollen traits of subgenera and sections68
2.3.6Taxonomic implications of pollen traits83
2.4Distribution and diversification85
2.5Taxonomic treatment87
2.5.1Anenumeration of SwertiaL.88
2.5.2Keytotaxa94
2.5.3Asystematic account114
2.6Unknown (uncertain) species299
2.7The names excluded from SwertiaL.300
3 SinoswertiaT.N.Ho，S.W.Liu&J.Q.Liu303
3.1Taxonomic treatments303
3.2Reproductive biology306
3.3Embryology307
3.4Systematic position308
4 LomatogoniopsisT.N.Ho&S.W.Liu309
4.1Taxonomic treatment309
4.2Pollen morphology313
4.3Systematic position314

5 Veratrilla Baillonex Franchet315
5.1Taxonomic treatment315
5.2Pollen morphology318
5.3Systematic position318
6 Lomatogonium A.Braun319
6.1Taxonomic treatment319
6.2Embryology350
6.3Chromosome numbers351
6.4Pollen morphology352
6.5Uncertain species354
6.6The names excluded from Lomatogonium355
7 Mainreferences361
8 Representative specimens373
8.1Representative specimens for Swertia Linnaeus373
8.2Representative specimens for SinoswertiaT.N.Ho，S.W.Liu&J.Q.Liu420
8.3Representative specimens for LomatogoniopsisT.N.Ho&S.W.Liu fu hua421
8.4Representative specimens for VeratrillaBaillon ex Franchet422
8.5Representative specimensfor LomatogoniumA.Braun423
8.6Index to collectors of cited specimens431
Index465