RUBIACEAE
(madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Asperula
woodruffs
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 21 images
Cruciata laevipes
Crosswort
(Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Galium
bedstraws
(Click to open)
 		Genus 8 subtaxa 126 images 2 ident. refs
Rubia
madders
Leaves (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Sherardia arvensis
Field Madder
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 		Species 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyRUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)
OrderGENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sell, P. & Murrell, G. 2005 Flora of Great Britain and Ireland 4: Campanulaceae to Asteraceae Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, 4, 644pp, Cambridge University Press

RUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 271 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)
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