Nota de aplicación
Species of evergreen flowering plant. Formerly cultivated for a red dye, alizarin, that was obtained from the ground-up roots of these plants. Also used for medicinal purposes and as food plant for the larvae of the Hummingbird hawk moth and other species.
Ubicación jerarquía
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- .. organismo vivo (nombre jerárquico)
- .... organismo vivo (entidad)
- ...... Eucariota (dominio)
- ........ Plantae (reino)
- .......... Angiospermae (plantas con flores)
- ............ Magnoliopsida (class)
- .............. Rubiales (order)
- ................ Rubiaceae (family)
- .................. Rubia (genus)
- .................... Rubia cordifolia
- .................... Rubia tinctorum (species)