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Fam.: Rubiaceae / Bedstraw Fam.  

Genus:  Rubia  L.
 

Authors:
   D'URV.:  Jules Sébastian César Dumont d'Urville (1790 - 1842), French explorer and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Rubia:   ruber = red
   tenuifolia:   thin-foliate
 

Rubia tenuifolia has short flower stalks, about in the length of the leaves, while those of the closest related Rubia peregrina are much longer. The leaves can also be rather narrow, which explains the scientific, English and German names.

 

Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Mesta 2.4.2016
Fig. 1:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Mesta 2.4.2016
Fig. 2:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Mesta 2.4.2016
Fig. 3:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Mesta 2.4.2016
Fig. 4:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Mesta 2.4.2016
Fig. 5:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Mesta 2.4.2016
Fig. 6:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Mesta 2.4.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Emporios 29.3.2016
Fig. 7:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Emporios 29.3.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Chios Emporios 29.3.2016
Fig. 8:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Chios, Emporios 29.3.2016
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Rhodos Prasonisi 26.3.2019
Fig. 9:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, Rhodos Prasonisi 26.3.2019
Fig. 10:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Fig. 11:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Fig. 12:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder, GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Fig. 13:  Rubia tenuifolia / Narrow-Leaved Madder, Himalayan Madder
GR Hymettos 26.8.2014

 


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