Rubiaceae
Asperula

Asperula subsimplex Hook.f.

First published in London J. Bot. 6: 463 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Australia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thompson, I.R. (2009). A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubieae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27: 36-112.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Thompson, I.R. (2009). A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubieae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27: 36-112.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 7, 2006 Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349150 Type Yes
Feb 7, 2006 Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349148 Syntype Yes
Feb 7, 2006 Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349149 Type Yes
Feb 7, 2006 Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349147 Type Yes
Feb 7, 2006 Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349151 Type Yes
Feb 7, 2006 Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349146 Type Yes
Gunn, R.C. [407] Australia K000349143 Type Yes
Gunn, R.C. [882] Australia K000349145 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lawrence [242] Australia K000349144 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robertson [694] Australia Asperula subsimplex f. aquatica K000349152 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0