title: Symbolanthus
text: # Symbolanthus
  
  Symbolanthus, the ring‐gentians, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to the montane tropics of southern Central America and northern and eastern South America.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows:
  
  * Symbolanthus anomalus (Kunth) Gilg
  * Symbolanthus aureus Struwe & V.A.Albert
  * Symbolanthus australis Struwe
  * Symbolanthus brittonianus Gilg
  * Symbolanthus camanensis Maguire & B.M.Boom
  * Symbolanthus elisabethae (M.R.Schomb.) Gilg
  * Symbolanthus frigidus (Sw.) Struwe & K.R. Gould
  * Symbolanthus huachamacariensis Steyerm.
  * Symbolanthus latifolius Gilg
  * Symbolanthus macranthus (Benth.) Moldenke
  * Symbolanthus magnificus Gilg
  * Symbolanthus mathewsii (Griseb.) Ewan
  * Symbolanthus nerioides (Griseb.) Ewan
  * Symbolanthus pauciflorus Spruce ex Gilg
  * Symbolanthus pterocalyx Struwe
  * Symbolanthus pulcherrimus Gilg
  * Symbolanthus rosmarinifolius Struwe & V.A.Albert
  * Symbolanthus sessilis Steyerm. & Maguire
  * Symbolanthus tetrapterus Struwe
  * Symbolanthus tricolor Gilg
  * Symbolanthus vasculosus (Griseb.) Gilg
  * Symbolanthus yaviensis Steyerm.
  