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''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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s in the
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Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...
. It contains 91 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to
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.


Species

These species are recognised in the genus ''Asperula:'' *'' Asperula acuminata'' *'' Asperula albiflora'' *'' Asperula ambleia'' *'' Asperula anatolica'' *'' Asperula arvensis'' - blue woodruff *'' Asperula assamica'' *'' Asperula asterocephala'' *'' Asperula asthenes'' - trailing woodruff *'' Asperula azerbaidjanica'' *'' Asperula badachschenica'' *'' Asperula balchanica'' *'' Asperula bargyli'' *'' Asperula botschantzevii'' *'' Asperula brachyantha'' *'' Asperula cankiriensis'' *'' Asperula charophyton'' - strapleaf woodruff *'' Asperula ciliatula'' *'' Asperula cilicia'' *'' Asperula comosa'' *'' Asperula conferta'' - common woodruff *'' Asperula congesta'' *'' Asperula cunninghamii'' - twining woodruff *'' Asperula cymulosa'' *'' Asperula czukavinae'' *'' Asperula dasyantha'' *'' Asperula euryphylla'' *'' Asperula fedtschenkoi'' *'' Asperula fidanii'' *'' Asperula fragillima'' *'' Asperula friabilis'' *'' Asperula galioides'' *'' Asperula gemella'' - twin-leaved bedstraw *'' Asperula geminifolia'' *'' Asperula glabrata'' *'' Asperula glomerata'' *'' Asperula gobica'' *'' Asperula gobicola'' *'' Asperula gracilis'' *'' Asperula gunnii'' - mountain woodruff *'' Asperula hoskingii'' *'' Asperula insignis'' *'' Asperula insolita'' *'' Asperula involucrata'' *'' Asperula karategini'' *'' Asperula kotschyana'' *'' Asperula kovalevskiana'' *'' Asperula kryloviana'' *'' Asperula laevigata'' *'' Asperula lasiantha'' - Korean woodruff *'' Asperula libanotica'' *'' Asperula majoriflora'' *'' Asperula minima'' *'' Asperula molluginoides'' *'' Asperula nuratensis'' *'' Asperula oblanceolata'' *'' Asperula oppositifolia'' *'' Asperula orientalis'' - blue woodruff *'' Asperula pauciflora'' *'' Asperula perpusilla'' *'' Asperula podlechii'' *'' Asperula polymera'' *'' Asperula popovii'' *'' Asperula × portae'' *'' Asperula prostrata'' *'' Asperula pugionifolia'' *'' Asperula pulchella'' *'' Asperula pusilla'' - alpine woodruff *'' Asperula rechingeri'' *'' Asperula rezaiyensis'' *'' Asperula scabrella'' *'' Asperula scoparia'' - prickly woodruff *'' Asperula seticornis'' *'' Asperula setosa'' *'' Asperula sherardioides'' *'' Asperula sordide-rosea'' *'' Asperula strishovae'' *'' Asperula suavis'' *'' Asperula subsimplex'' *'' Asperula subulifolia'' *'' Asperula syrticola'' *'' Asperula szovitsii'' *'' Asperula taurina'' - pink woodruff *'' Asperula tenuissima'' *'' Asperula tetraphylla'' *'' Asperula tinctoria'' - Dyer's woodruff *'' Asperula trichodes'' *'' Asperula trifida'' *'' Asperula tschernevae'' *'' Asperula tymphaea'' *'' Asperula virgata'' – rod-shaped woodruff *'' Asperula wimmeriana'' *'' Asperula xylorrhiza''


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''Asperula'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q157934 Rubiaceae genera