Asperula gunnii

Short description: Species of plant

Asperula gunnii

Asperula gunnii, Baw Baw National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Rubiaceae
Genus:  | Asperula
Species:  |

A. gunnii

Binomial name
Asperula gunnii

Hook.f.

Synonyms

Asperula oligantha var. gunnii (Hook.f.) Maiden & Betche nom. illeg.
Asperula gunnii var. curta (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw & Turrill
Galium curtum Hook.f.

Asperula gunnii, the mountain woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a perennial herb that is endemic to Australia .

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution and habitat
* 3 Taxonomy
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Description

Leaves are usually arranged in whorls of 4 to 6 and are 4 to 8 mm long and 2.5 mm wide with pointed ends. White flowers are produced in summer in terminal or axillary cymes. Male flowers are around 2 mm long and female flowers are 3 mm long. These are followed by 1 to 2 mm long black fruits.[1]

## Distribution and habitat

Asperula gunnii occurs in damp or swampy conditions in grasslands or wooded areas at high altitudes in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales.[1]

## Taxonomy

Asperula gunnii was first formally described by the English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1847[2] based on plant material collected by Ronald Gunn near the Nive River in Tasmania in 1840.[3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Asperula gunnii". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Asperula~gunnii. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
2. ↑ Joseph Dalton Hooker. (1847) London Journal of Botany 6: 463 Asperula gunnii
3. ↑ "Asperula gunnii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Asperula+gunnii. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

## External links

* World Checklist of Rubiaceae
* Asperula gunnii (Grimwade Plant Collection)
* Asperula gunnii (Yarra Ranges Local Plant Directory)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

Wikidata ☰ Q4807927 entry

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