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Asperula
	Asperula arvensis - Blue woodruff
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Rubieae
Genus:	Asperula; L.
Synonyms
	List Asterophyllum K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Blepharostemma Fourr.; Chrozorrhiza Ehrh.; Galiopsis St.-Lag.; Lepunis Steven;

Asperula, commonly known as woodruff,^[1] 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.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Asperula:^[3]

Asperula acuminata I.Thomps.
Asperula albiflora Popov
Asperula ambleia Airy Shaw
Asperula anatolica M.Öztürk
Asperula arvensis L. - Blue woodruff
Asperula assamica Meisn.
Asperula asterocephala Bornm.
Asperula asthenes Airy Shaw & Turrill - Trailing woodruff
Asperula azerbaidjanica Mam, Shach & Velib.
Asperula badachschenica Pachom.
Asperula balchanica Bobrov
Asperula bargyli Gomb.
Asperula botschantzevii Pachom.
Asperula brachyantha Boiss.
Asperula cankiriensis B.Şahin & Sağıroğlu
Asperula charophyton Airy Shaw & Turrill - Strapleaf woodruff
Asperula ciliatula Pachom.
Asperula cilicia Hausskn. ex Ehrend.
Asperula comosa Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula conferta Hook.f. - Common woodruff
Asperula congesta Tschern.
Asperula cunninghamii Airy Shaw & Turrill - Twining woodruff
Asperula cymulosa (Post) Post
Asperula czukavinae Pachom. & Karim
Asperula dasyantha Klokov
Asperula euryphylla Airy Shaw & Turrill
Asperula fedtschenkoi Ovcz. & Tschernov
Asperula fidanii Eroğlu
Asperula fragillima Boiss. & Hausskn.
Asperula friabilis Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula galioides M.Bieb.
Asperula gemella Airy Shaw & Turrill - Twin-leaved bedstraw
Asperula geminifolia F.Muell.
Asperula glabrata Tschern.
Asperula glomerata (M.Bieb.) Griseb.
Asperula gobica Govaerts
Asperula gobicola Grubov
Asperula gracilis C.A.Mey.
Asperula gunnii Hook.f. - Mountain woodruff
Asperula hoskingii I.Thomps.
Asperula insignis (Vatke) Ehrend.
Asperula insolita Pachom.
Asperula involucrata Wahlenb.
Asperula karategini Pachom. & Karim
Asperula kotschyana (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss.
Asperula kovalevskiana Pachom.
Asperula kryloviana Sergeev
Asperula laevigata L.
Asperula lasiantha Nakai - Korean woodruff^[4]
Asperula libanotica Boiss.
Asperula majoriflora Borbás ex Formánek
Asperula minima Hook.f.
Asperula molluginoides (M.Bieb.) Rchb.
Asperula nuratensis Pachom.
Asperula oblanceolata I.Thomps.
Asperula oppositifolia Regel & Schmalh.
Asperula orientalis Boiss. & Hohen. - Blue woodruff
Asperula pauciflora Tschern.
Asperula perpusilla Hook.f.
Asperula podlechii Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula polymera I.Thomps.
Asperula popovii Schischk.
Asperula × portae Peruzzi
Asperula prostrata (Adams) K.Koch
Asperula pugionifolia Tschern.
Asperula pulchella (Podlech) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula pusilla Hook.f. - Alpine woodruff
Asperula rechingeri Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula rezaiyensis Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula scabrella Tschern.
Asperula scoparia Hook.f. - Prickly woodruff
Asperula seticornis Boiss.
Asperula setosa Jaub. & Spach
Asperula sherardioides Jaub. & Spach
Asperula sordide-rosea Popov
Asperula strishovae Pachom. & Karim
Asperula suavis Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
Asperula subsimplex Hook.f.
Asperula subulifolia Airy Shaw & Turrill
Asperula syrticola (Miq.) Airy Shaw & Turrill
Asperula szovitsii Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula taurina L. - Pink woodruff
Asperula tenuissima K.Koch
Asperula tetraphylla (Airy Shaw & Turrill) I.Thomps.
Asperula tinctoria L. - Dyer's woodruff
Asperula trichodes J.Gay ex DC.
Asperula trifida Makino
Asperula tschernevae Kamelin
Asperula tymphaea T.Gregor, Meierott & Raus
Asperula virgata Hub.-Mor. ex Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. – Rod-shaped woodruff
Asperula wimmeriana Airy Shaw & Turrill
Asperula xylorrhiza Nábelek

References

^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 363. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
^ "Asperula in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "Asperula L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 364. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

External links

Asperula in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

[1] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 363. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.

[WCSP-2] "Asperula in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[3] "Asperula L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[4] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 364. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

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