Asperula Explained

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
• Asperula albiflora
• Asperula ambleia
• Asperula anatolica
• 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 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^[4]
• 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 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

External links

• Asperula in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Notes and References

1. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants . . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 363 . 25 January 2017 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf . 25 May 2017 .
2. Web site: Asperula in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae. June 10, 2014.
3. Web site: Asperula L. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-08-02 . Plants of the World Online . en.
4. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants . . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 364 . 16 December 2016 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf . 25 May 2017 .