Asperula orientalis

Asperula orientalis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Asperula
Species: Asperula orientalis

Name edit

Asperula orientalis Boiss. & Hohen. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 30 (1843).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Asperula arvensis subsp. orientalis (Boiss. & Hohen.) J.Thiébaut, Mém. Inst. Égypt. 40: 187 (1940).
  • Heterotypic
    • Asperula azurea Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 151 (1843).
    • Asperula azurea var. setosa Regel, Gartenflora 15: 323 (1866).
    • Galium azureum (Jaub. & Spach) E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 12: 205 (1904).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus (Gruziya).
    • Western Asia
      • Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Blue woodruff, Oriental asperula
suomi: Sinimaratti
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