Rubia
Genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Madder" redirects here. For other uses, see Madder (disambiguation).
For other uses, see Rubia (disambiguation).
Rubia is the type genus of the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants, which also contains coffee. It contains around 80 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to the Old World.[1] The genus and its best-known species are commonly known as madder, e.g. Rubia tinctorum (common madder), Rubia peregrina (wild madder), and Rubia cordifolia (Indian madder).[2]
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Rubia | |
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Rubia tinctorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Rubieae |
Genus: | Rubia L. |
Type species | |
Rubia tinctorum |
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