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Galium lanceolatum

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Lanceleaf wild licorice
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. lanceolatum
Binomial name
Galium lanceolatum
(Torr. & A.Gray) Torr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Galium circaezans var. lanceolatum Torr. & A.Gray
  • Galium rotundifolium var. lanceolatum (Torr.) Kuntze
  • Galium torreyi Bigelow

Galium lanceolatum (lanceleaf wild licorice) is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae.[2][3][4]

Galium lanceolatum is native to Canada (Quebec and Ontario) plus parts of the United States, primarily New England, the Great Lakes region and the Appalachian Mountains as far south as northeastern Alabama and northwestern South Carolina.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Galium lanceolatum (Torr. & A.Gray) Torr.
  2. ^ Torrey, John. 1824. Flora of the Northern and Middle Sections of the United States 168-169. Galium lanceolatum
  3. ^ Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1819. Catalogue of the Plants of the City of New York 23, Galium circaezans var. lanceolatum
  4. ^ Bigelow, Jacob. 1824. Florula Bostoniensis, edition 2, p 56, Galium torreyi
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ^ Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.