Asperula orientalis

Asperula orientalis

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1843. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum e familiis Calycifloris. ser. 1, no. 3. 60 pp., Genevae: Typographia Ferd. Ramboz. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ehrendorfer, F. & Schönbeck-Temesy, E. 1982. Asperula. Pp. 734–767 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 7 (Orobanchaceae to Rubiaceae). 947 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-396-0. Reference page. 
• Danihelka, J., Chrtek Jr., J. & Kaplan, Z. 2012. Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia 84(3): 647–811. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Asperula orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Asperula orientalis. Published online. Accessed: January 8 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Asperula orientalis. Accessed: 8 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Asperula orientalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 8. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Blue woodruff, Oriental asperula
suomi: Sinimaratti

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