- Asperula gunnii
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Asperula gunnii Asperula gunnii, Baw Baw National Park, Victoria Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Subfamily: Rubioideae Tribe: Rubieae Genus: Asperula Species: A. gunnii Binomial name Asperula gunnii
Hook.f.Synonyms Asperula oligantha var. gunnii (Hook.f.) Maiden & Betche nom. illeg.
Asperula gunnii var. curta (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw & Turrill
Galium curtum Hook.f.Asperula gunnii (or Mountain Woodruff) is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is a perennial herb that is endemic to Australia.
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Description
Leaves are usually arranged in whorls of 4 to 6 and are 4 to 8 mm long and 2.5 mm wide with pointed ends. White flowers are produced in summer in terminal or axillary cymes. Male flowers are around 2 mm long and female flowers are 3 mm long. These are followed by 1 to 2 mm long black fruits.[1]
Distribution and Habitat
It occurs in damp or swampy conditions in grasslands or wooded areas at high altitudes in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1847 in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany based on plant material collected by Ronald Gunn near the Nive River in Tasmania in 1840.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Asperula gunnii". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Asperula~gunnii. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- ^ "Asperula gunnii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Asperula+gunnii. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
External links
Categories:- Rubiaceae
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of Tasmania
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
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