Rubiaceae
Rubia

Rubia cordifolia L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 12.: 229 (1767)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Greece, Sudan to S. Africa, Asia. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Philippines

Native to:

Afghanistan, Amur, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Malaya, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Denisov, N. (2008). Addition to Vascular flora of the Kozlov island (Peter the Great Gulf, Japanese sea). Turczaninowia 11(4): 29-42.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Polozhij, A.V. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 12: 1-221. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 4: 1-482. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ehrendorfer, F., Schönbeck-Temesy, E., Puff, C. & Rechinger, W. (2005). Rubiaceae. Flora Iranica 176: 1-287. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Polozhij, A.V. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 12: 1-221. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 412, fig. (1974).
  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 61, fig. 51 (1948).
  • DC., Prodr. 4: 588 (1830).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda, ed. 2: 166, fig. 107 (1972).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 244 (1877).
  • Hook., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 202 (1881).
  • K. Schum. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 395 (1895).
  • L. in Mantissa Altera: 197 (1771).
  • L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 3 (app.): 229 (1768)
  • Pojark. in Fl. U.R.S.S. 23: 387 (1958).
  • Sond. in Harv. & Sond., Fl. Cap. 3: 35 (1864).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6209] Burma K001123313 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6209] K001123312 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6209] K001123306 Unknown Type Material Yes
Knox, E.B. [2254] Tanzania K001604098 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 6209] K001123308 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6209] K001123305 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6209] India K001123310 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [631] Ethiopia K:SPC-35719.000 No
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 6209] India K001123311 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [4639] China K000772316 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, P.J.M. [s.n.] China K000772317 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, P.J.M. [4533] China K000772319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6209] India K001123309 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6209] Nepal K001123307 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K000772320 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images