Rubia tenuifoliad'Urv.

WFO wfo-0000298629 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. a Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-16 / obs. 198291208
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Mitch Van Dyke
fig. b Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185085028
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. c Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64213723
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28510937
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Mitch Van Dyke
fig. e Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185085053
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28399059
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28399034
Rubia tenuifolia, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28510968

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Rubia tenuifolia is native: Libya, Somalia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Greece, Kriti, Türkiye-in-Europe LibyaSomaliaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IraqLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeGreeceKritiTürkiye-in-Europe
Native distribution of Rubia tenuifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Greece GRC EUROPE
Kriti KRI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Libya LBY AFRICA
Somalia SOM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Rubia brachypoda Boiss.
  • Rubia brachypoda var. stenophylla Boiss.
  • Rubia cretica Scheele
  • Rubia doniettii Griseb.
  • Rubia olivieri A.Rich. ex DC.
  • Rubia olivieri subsp. brachypoda (Boiss.) Holmboe
  • Rubia olivieri subsp. doniettii (Griseb.) Holmboe
  • Rubia olivieri subvar. tenuifolia (d'Urv.) Nyman
  • Rubia olivieri var. cretica (Scheele) Nyman
  • Rubia olivieri var. eburnea Nábelek
  • Rubia olivieri var. elliptica Boiss.
  • Rubia olivieri var. stenophylla (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Rubia tenuifolia subsp. stenophylla (Boiss.) Ehrend.
  • Rubia tenuifolia var. brachypoda (Boiss.) J.Thiébaut
  • Rubia tenuifolia var. elliptica (Boiss.) Ehrend.
  • Rubia tenuifolia var. stenophylla (Boiss.) J.Thiébaut
  • Rubia velutina Nábelek

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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