Galium arkansanum

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Arkansas bedstraw
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. arkansanum
Binomial name
Galium arkansanum
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Galium arkansanum, the Arkansas bedstraw, [1] is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. [2] It is native to the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma in the United States. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Galium arkansanum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. Gray, Asa. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 80
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Biota of North America Program
  5. Smith, Edwin Burnell. 1979. Brittonia 31(2): 281–283, f. 1, 3