Bartonia

Short description: Genus of plants

Bartonia

Bartonia verna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Gentianaceae
Subtribe:  | Swertiinae
Genus:  | Bartonia
Muhl. ex Willd.

Bartonia is a genus of the gentian family, tribe Gentianeae, subtribe Swertiinae.[citation needed] Members of this genus are called screwstems. Bartonia was also the name of a genus in the Loasaceae family, but those species are now generally classified under the genus Mentzelia.

(As of August 2020), Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts three species of Bartonia:[1]

* Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl.
* Bartonia verna (Michx.) Raf. ex Barton
* Bartonia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

## References

1. ↑ "Bartonia Muhl. ex Willd.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331388-2. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

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