Gentianales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	gentian order

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Coffee cherries

coffee plantation

Kratom plant (Mitragyna speciosa) showing a large, dark green leaf and a round, spiky cream and orange flower.

Starfish flower

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Gelsemiaceae Gentianaceae Rubiaceae Apocynaceae Loganiaceae Pachypodium pinkroot Lisianthius yellow-wort crosswort Lamiales Solanales Asterales Dipsacales Garryales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous