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Asperula crassula

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Asperula crassula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula
Species:
A. crassula
Binomial name
Asperula crassula
Greuter & Zaffran

Asperula crassula is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, endemic to a few hundred hectares in northeast Crete. It was first described in 1857.[1][2]

Description

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Asperula crassula is perennial, short, and cushion-shaped. Its stems are worm-shaped and are often 2-4 mm long. Its flowers are short, dense, sub-cylindrical, medially bipartite, and about 1.5 mm long. It occurs on rocky slopes and flats of limestone and sandstone.[3][4][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. ^ "Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. ^ "Asperula crassula". www.cretanflora.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ^ nikolakakis (2013-03-21). "Suculent Woodruff, Asperula crassula, flowers". Natural History Museum of Crete. Archived from the original on 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  5. ^ Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0328-2.
  6. ^ Europe, Council of (2012-01-01). Biodiversity and Climate Change: Reports and Guidance Developed Under the Bern Convention. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-7059-0.
  7. ^ Gibbons, Bob (2003). Greece. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850437-5.