Galium orizabense
| Bald bedstraw | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. orizabense
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| Binomial name | |
| Galium orizabense | |
Galium orizabense (bald bedstraw) is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae, named for the town of Orizaba in Veracruz, where the first collections of the species were made.[1] The species is native to Mexico (from Sinaloa + Nuevo León south to Oaxaca), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, and Hispaniola, plus widely scattered locations in the southeastern United States.[2][3][4][5]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized (May 2014).[6]
- Galium orizabense subsp. laevicaule (Weath. & Blake) Dempster - United States and Hispaniola
- Galium orizabense subsp. orizabense - Mexico, Central America, South America
References
- ^ Hemsley, William Botting. 1880. Diagnoses Plantarum Novarum Mexicanarum 3: 54
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Dempster, L. 1975. Galium. In Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XI, Numbers 1 to 3. Fieldiana: Botany 24(11/1–3): 74–78.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- ^ The Plant List, Galium orizabense Hemsl.
External links
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Sinaloa in 1970, Galium orizabense
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Field Museum in Chicago, collected in Panamá
- Gardening Europe
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