Natural History Photographs


Rubiaceae
Authority:Jussieu, 1789
Nederlands:Sterbladigenfamilie
English:bedstraw family, coffee family
Deutsch:Rötegewächse, Kaffeegewächse
Crucianella bithynica
Authority:Bossier, 1849
Madzjarovo (Chaskovo), Bulgaria; 25 June 2021.
Native range is NE. Greece, N. & E. Aegean Islands to W. & Central Turkey. The species would thus be new for Bulgaria (POWO). Flora Europaea gives as distinsuihing character the whorls have 4 or fewer leaves, compared to 6-8 leaves per whorl for C. graeca, which leaves little doubt about the identiy of the plants shown here.
Crucianella latifolia
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Deutsch:breitblättriges Kreuzblatt
Français:crucianelle à larges feuilles
Español:espigadilla rabilarga, rubilla de espiga larga, rubilla rabilarga
Arpacık (Muğla), Turkey; 10 June 2022.