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Taxon

Rubia tinctorum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 109. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (302).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (302).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (303).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (303).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (307).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (307).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (305).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (305).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (306).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (306).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (301).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (301).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (304).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (304).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (298).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (298).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (308).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (308).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (300).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (300).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (299).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (299).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (309).JPG

Rubia tinctoria, Davidson, C 12446--Georgia (Caucasus). Kakheti Region. (Kiziki). Toward Vashlovani. 6 Jun 2014. DSC07328 (309).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 12446

June 6, 2014

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Rubia

Specific Epithet

tinctorum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#286,934 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →