| Rubia laurae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Rubia |
| Species: | R. laurae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubia laurae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Galium laurae Holmboe | |
Rubia laurae, the Cyprus madder, is a trailing perennial with a woody rootstock, stems 10–100 cm long. Leaves 4-whorled, simple, irregularly serrulate, glaucous, coriaceous, sessile, with a broad asymmetrical base, 8–30 x 2–8 mm. Flowers in terminal cymes, small, yellow-brownish, with a 5-merous corolla. Flowers May–August. Fruit a black, globose, fleshy, drupe.[1]
Habitat[edit]
Rocky and stony, dry hillsides, in garigue, vineyard edges or pine forests at 0–1200 m altitude.
Distribution[edit]
Endemic to Cyprus where it occur in Lysos, Panayia, Arminou, Mesa Potamos, Kato Amiandos, Platres area, the Limassol Forest, Erimi, the Pentadaktylos Range.
References[edit]
- ^ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2
External links[edit]
- http://herbaryum.neu.edu.tr/index.php?id=66&menu=3
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-180319
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/cladoniophile/12127152154/