Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (302).JPG
Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Sicilia, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang; introduced into Algeria, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Chile Central, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New York, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Georgia, Kakheti, Dedoplistskaro
41.223389, 46.353333
Location Remarks
East of Kasritstskali village, landmark Abazanebis khevi. Vashlovani Protected Area. Pantishara Gorge. 294 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Niko Lachashvili, Shalva Sikharulidze, David Kikodze, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Dry stony river bed. Sparse, shrubby vegetation with numbers of perennials on the channel banks. Subshrub 0.3 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Rubia
Specific Epithet
tinctorum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#286,934 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
10%
