Galium arenarium

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Sand bedstraw
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. arenarium
Binomial name
Galium arenarium
Synonyms [1]
  • Galium hierosolymitanumThore nom. illeg.

Galium arenarium or sand bedstraw is a plant species of the genus Galium . It grows on beaches and sand dunes along the Atlantic coast of western France and northern Spain. [2]

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Taxonomy

The species was described by Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps in 1828. [3]

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References

  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species" . Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Jean Louis August (1828). Flora Gallica (2 ed.). p. 110.