Galium orizabense
| Antarctic bedstraw | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. orizabense |
| Binomial name | |
| Galium orizabense Hemsl. | |
Galium orizabense is a species of plants in the 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 (Veracruz, Sinaloa, Chiapas, Nuevo León, Puebla, Oaxaca), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, Hispaniola, and widely scattered locations in the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia).[2][3][4][5]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized (May 2014):
- 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, Bot. 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.
