Biology:Asperula crassula
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Short description: Species of plant
| Asperula crassula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Asperula |
| Species: | A. crassula
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| Binomial name | |
| Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran
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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
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
- ↑ "International Plant Names Index". https://www.ipni.org/n/905691-1.
- ↑ "Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905691-1.
- ↑ "Asperula crassula". http://www.cretanflora.com/asperula_crassula.html.
- ↑ nikolakakis (2013-03-21). "Suculent Woodruff, Asperula crassula, flowers" (in en). https://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/en/museum/photo-archive/selection/images/nhmc.image.78874.
- ↑ Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1998) (in en). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0328-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=XIL9adYYeSIC&q=Asperula+crassula&pg=PA500.
- ↑ Europe, Council of (2012-01-01) (in en). Biodiversity and Climate Change: Reports and Guidance Developed Under the Bern Convention. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-7059-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=EsWT8Ukcq48C&q=Asperula+crassula&pg=PA186.
- ↑ Gibbons, Bob (2003) (in en). Greece. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850437-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=cG5FxRp7li8C&q=Asperula+crassula&pg=PA302.
Wikidata ☰ Q15398341 entry
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