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Asperula
Sign in to saveAsperula, commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 91 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
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Asperula, commonly known as woodruffs, is a genus of plants within the family Rubiaceae. It belongs to the order Gentianales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxonomic status of this genus is accepted.
Records for Asperula have been documented in Spain, Australia, Italy, the United States, and Algeria. These records are held by institutions including MEL, CAS, RSA, CM, and NCSC. The genus has an occurrence count of 85927 and a record count of 565, with 399 associated media items.
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Species
woodruffs
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 565
- With media
- 399
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- MEL, CAS, RSA, CM, NCSC, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Spain, Australia, Italy, United States, Algeria, Morocco, Switzerland, Iran
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Asperula, commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 91 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
==Species== These species are recognised in the genus Asperula: Asperula acuminata Asperula albiflora Asperula ambleia Asperula anatolica Asperula apuana Asperula arvensis - blue woodruff Asperula assamica Asperula asterocephala Asperula asthenes - trailing woodruff Asperula azerbaidjanica Asperula badachschenica Asperula balchanica Asperula bargyli Asperula botschantzevii Asperula brachyantha Asperula cankiriensis Asperula charophyton - strapleaf woodruff Asperula ciliatula Asperula cilicia Asperula comosa Asperula conferta - common woodruff Asperula congesta Asperula crassula Asperula cunninghamii - twining woodruff Asperula cymulosa Asperula czukavinae Asperula dasyantha Asperula euryphylla Asperula fedtschenkoi Asperula fidanii Asperula fragillima Asperula friabilis Asperula galioides Asperula gemella - twin-leaved bedstraw Asperula geminifolia Asperula glabrata Asperula glomerata Asperula gobica Asperula gobicola Asperula gracilis Asperula gunnii - mountain woodruff Asperula hoskingii Asperula insignis Asperula insolita Asperula involucrata Asperula karategini Asperula kotschyana Asperula kovalevskiana Asperula kryloviana Asperula laevigata Asperula lasiantha - Korean woodruff Asperula libanotica Asperula majoriflora Asperula minima Asperula molluginoides Asperula nuratensis Asperula oblanceolata Asperula oppositifolia Asperula orientalis - blue woodruff Asperula pauciflora Asperula perpusilla Asperula podlechii Asperula polymera Asperula popovii Asperula × portae Asperula prostrata Asperula pugionifolia Asperula pulchella Asperula pusilla - alpine woodruff Asperula rechingeri Asperula rezaiyensis Asperula scabrella Asperula scoparia - prickly woodruff Asperula seticornis Asperula setosa Asperula sherardioides Asperula sordide-rosea Asperula strishovae Asperula suavis Asperula subsimplex Asperula subulifolia Asperula syrticola Asperula szovitsii Asperula taurina - pink woodruff Asperula taygetea Asperula tenuissima Asperula tetraphylla Asperula tinctoria - Dyer's woodruff Asperula trichodes Asperula trifida Asperula tschernevae Asperula tymphaea Asperula virgata – rod-shaped woodruff Asperula wimmeriana Asperula xylorrhiza
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