Asperula

Asperula
Asperula arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Rubieae
Genus:	Asperula L.

Asperula (As-pé-ru-la) is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It contains about 200 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropicale Asia to Australasia.

Species

The following list is incomplete.

Asperula ambleia Airy Shaw - Stiff Woodruff Asperula arvensis L. - Blue Woodruff Asperula asthenes Airy Shaw & Turrill Asperula charophyton Airy Shaw & Turrill - Strapleaf Woodruff Asperula conferta Hook.f. - Common Woodruff Asperula cunninghamii Airy Shaw & Turrill - Twining Woodruff Asperula cynanchica L. - Squinancywort Asperula euryphylla Airy Shaw & Turrill Asperula gemella Airy Shaw & Turrill - Twin-leaved bedstraw Asperula geminifolia F.Muell. Asperula gunnii Hook.f. - Mountain Woodruff Asperula minima Hook.f. Asperula odorata L. - Sweet Woodruff Asperula orientalis Boiss. & Hohen. - Blue Woodruff Asperula pusilla Hook.f. - Alpine Woodruff Asperula scoparia Hook.f. - Prickly Woodruff Asperula subsimplex Hook.f. Asperula subulifolia Airy Shaw & Turrill Asperula syrticola (Miq.) Airy Shaw & Turrill Asperula taurina L. - Pink Woodruff Asperula tinctoria L. - Dyer's Woodruff

External links

• World Checklist of Rubiaceae