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Taxon:  Rubia tinctorum L.



Summary
Genus:
Rubia
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Rubieae
Nomen number:
32244
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:109. 1753
Verified:
11/07/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  3. Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1994
  4. Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  6. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  7. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  8. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Rubia+tinctorum&quantity=1
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  11. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  12. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  14. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
dyer's madder –
Indian madder –
madder –
French
garance des teinturiers –
German
Färberröte –
Krapp –
Portuguese
garanca –
Spanish
granza –
rubia de tintes –
Swedish
krapp –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
tannin/dyestuff (it was widely used during the 17th and 18th century fide Dye Pl) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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