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[update], 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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