Asperula orientalis

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Oriental woodruff
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula
Species:
A. orientalis
Binomial name
Asperula orientalis
Synonyms [1]

Asperula azureaJaub. & Spach
Asperula azurea var. setosaRegel
Galium azureum(Jaub. & Spach) E.H.L.Krause

Asperula orientalis, known as annual woodruff [2] or oriental woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. [3] It is found in Turkey, Lebanon, western Syria, Iraq, the Caucasus and Iran. It is often used as an ornamental plant in various regions and is reportedly naturalized in Oregon, North Dakota and the Czech Republic. [4] [5]

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Asperula accrescens is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic to Transcaucasus, and was first named by Klokov.

Asperula acuminata is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic to NE. New South Wales of Australia, and was first named by I.Thomps.

Asperula acuminata is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic from NE. Turkey to Transcaucasus, and was first named by Boiss. & A.Huet.

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Asperula ambleia is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Stiff Woodruff, and is endemic from SE. Queensland to NE. Victoria in Australia, and was first named by Airy Shaw.

Asperula apuana is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic to Italy, and was first named by (Fiori) Arrigoni.

Asperula assamica is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic to Assam, East Himalayas, and was first named by Meisn.

Asperula asterocephala is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic to Iraq, and was first named by Bornm.

References

  1. "Asperula orientalis Boiss. & Hohen". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Hohenacker, Rudolph Friedrich. 1843. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 3: 30–31
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Asperula orientalis
  5. Plants Profile: Asperula orientalis