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Where is Gentianaceae most diverse at the genus level?
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Gentianales
Great yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea) plants in bloom.
The Gentianaceae family exhibits its greatest genus-level, genetic, and morphological diversity in the tropics and subtropics. While the family is well represented in the northern temperate zoneāwhere the greatest number of individual species is foundāthis concentration of species does not represent the area of highest diversity at the genus level.123