Galium paschale

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Galium paschale
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. paschale
Binomial name
Galium paschale
Synonyms   [1] [2]
  • Asperula longifoliaSm.
  • Galium bulgaricumVelen.
  • Galium effusumBoiss.
  • Galium longifolium(Sm.) Griseb.

Galium paschale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Galium found in south-eastern Europe and Turkey.

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Distribution and ecology

Galium paschale grows wild in parts of Bulgaria, Greece, the former Yugoslavia and Turkey. [2] In Turkey, it ranges from Turkish Thrace in the west to Bitlis Province in the east, and lives in mixed deciduous woodland. [3]

Taxonomy

Galium paschale was first described by the Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål in his 1775 work Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica. [2] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Galium paschale Forssk". The Plant List . Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 R. Govaerts. "Galium paschale Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 203 (1775)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. "Galium paschale Forsskal". TÜBİVES: Türkiye Bitkileri Veri Servisi / Turkish Plants Data Service. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. Petrus Forskål (1775). Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum , quas per Ægyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem. Hauniæ (Copenhagen): Möller.