Galium aschenbornii

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Galium aschenbornii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. aschenbornii
Binomial name
Galium aschenbornii
Synonyms   [1]
  • Galium flaccidumWedd.
  • Galium fraseriWernham
  • Galium galeottianumWalp.
  • Galium geminiflorumM. Martens & Galeotti 1844, illegitimate homonym of G. geminiflorum Lowe 1838
  • Galium uropetalumHemsl.
  • Relbunium aschenbornii(Schauer) Hemsl.
  • Rubia acuminataM. Martens & Galeotti
  • Rubia debilisKunth

Galium aschenbornii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Galium , native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador. [2]

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Description

Galium aschenbornii is a climbing or trailing plant, with leaves in whorls of four, each leaf being 7–15 millimetres (0.3–0.6 in) long. Its flowers are typically red or pink (occasionally white, yellow or greenish) and actinomorphic with elongated corolla lobes, although few flowers are normally produced. [3]

Distribution

Galium aschenbornii is found in mountainous regions of Mexico, as far north as Jalisco and San Luis Potosí, and south through Central America to Ecuador. [3] It lives at altitudes of 1,200–3,500 metres (3,900–11,500 ft) in "moist slopes, meadows or streambanks, in open or dense forests of oak and conifers". [3]

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  2. Lepechinia bellaEpling - Bolivia
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  9. Lepechinia cocuyensisJ.R.I.Wood - Colombia
  10. Lepechinia codonEpling - Peru
  11. Lepechinia conferta(Benth.) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
  12. Lepechinia dioicaJ.A.Hart - Ecuador
  13. Lepechinia flammeaMart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez - Guerrero
  14. Lepechinia floribunda(Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  15. Lepechinia fragrans(Greene) Epling – island pitcher sage, fragrant pitcher sage - southern California including offshore Channel Islands
  16. Lepechinia ganderiEpling – San Diego pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
  17. Lepechinia glomerataEpling - Jalisco
  18. Lepechinia hastata(A.Gray) Epling – pakata - Baja California and Baja California Sur, including Revillagigedo Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
  19. Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  20. Lepechinia lamiifolia(Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
  21. Lepechinia lancifolia(Rusby) Epling - Bolivia
  22. Lepechinia leucophylloides(Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma - Hidalgo
  23. Lepechinia maricaEpling & Mathias - Peru
  24. Lepechinia mecistandra(Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
  25. Lepechinia mexicana(S.Schauer) Epling - central + northeastern Mexico
  26. Lepechinia meyenii(Walp.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  27. Lepechinia mollis(Epling) Epling - Peru
  28. Lepechinia mutica(Benth.) Epling - Ecuador
  29. Lepechinia nelsonii(Fernald) Epling - central + southern Mexico
  30. Lepechinia paniculata(Kunth) Epling - Ecuador
  31. Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
  32. Lepechinia rossiiS.Boyd & Mistretta – Ross' pitcher sage - southern California
  33. Lepechinia rufocampiiEpling & Mathias - Ecuador
  34. Lepechinia salviae(Lindl.) Epling - Chile
  35. Lepechinia salviifolia(Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
  36. Lepechinia schiedeana(Schltdl.) Vatke - Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
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  39. Lepechinia tomentosa(Benth.) Epling - Peru
  40. Lepechinia urbani (Briq.) Epling - Hispaniola
  41. Lepechinia velutinaJ.R.I.Wood - Colombia
  42. Lepechinia vesiculosa(Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
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References

  1. "Galium aschenbornii Schauer". The Plant List . Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 3 Lauramay T. Dempster (1978). "Galium aschenbornii Schauer". The Genus Galium (Rubiaceae) in Mexico and Central America. University of California Publications in Botany. 73. University of California Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN   978-0-520-09578-6.