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Taxon

Ruta graveolens L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 383. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Ruta graveolens--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

Ruta graveolens--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ruta graveolens--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

Ruta graveolens--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ruta graveolens--Italy. Univ. Fir., Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  (1).jpg

Ruta graveolens--Italy. Univ. Fir., Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ruta graveolens--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

Ruta graveolens--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Albania, Bulgaria, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into 44 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Rutaceae

Genus

Ruta

Specific Epithet

graveolens

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.0

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.2

Global rank

#32,788 of 335,497

Top 10%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →