Biology:Galium album

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Short description: Species of plant

Galium album
Invalid status (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. album
Binomial name
Galium album
Mill.[2]
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms

Species[2]

  • Galium mollugo subsp. album (Mill.) Tzvelev

Subspecies

  • Galium mollugo subsp. erectum (Heinr.Braun) Michalk.
  • Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange Galium dumetorum
  • Jord. Galium elatum var. dumetorum
  • (Jord.) Rouy Galium elatum subsp. erectum
  • Berher Huds., nom. illeg.
  • Timb.-Lagr. Pau, nom. nud.
  • Pau Stranski
  • (Jord.) Corb. Syme, nom. illeg.
  • (Pau & Sennen) Maire (Pau) Maire
  • Gaudin Galium mollugo var. hosmariense
  • Galium mollugo var. praticola Galium lucidum var. guilhelmi
  • Galium mollugo var. alpinum Galium mollugo subsp. dumetorum
  • Galium mollugo var. erectum Pau ex Maire
  • Heinr.Braun Galium erectum
  • Galium erectum var. alpinum Galium gerardi var. hosmariense
  • Galium gerardi var. parviflorum Pau & Sennen
  • (Timb.-Lagr.) Lange (Jord.) Briq.
  • Asch. (Stranski) Stoj. & Stef.
  • Klokov Galium sylvestre subsp. mollugo
  • Scop. Galium mollugo var. parviflorum
  • Galium sphenophyllum Galium mollugo var. nevadense
  • Galium sylvestre Galium mollugo var. mixtum
  • Galium album var. praticola Galium mixtum
  • Galium mollugo var. dumetorum Galium mollugo var. guilhelmii
  • Galium juzepczukii Galium prusense
  • K.Koch Klokov
  • Pobed. Galium mollugo var. anatolicum
  • Galium fasciculatum K.Koch
  • Galium fagetorum Klokov
  • Klokov Galium zelenetzkii
  • Galium mollugo f. pycnotrichum Heinr.Braun
  • (Heinr.Braun) O.Schwarz (Schur) Soó, nom. illeg.
  • Schrad. Galium album f. pubescens
  • Galium pycnotrichum (Schrad.) Ancev
  • Galium firmum var. euboeum Galium mollugo subsp. pycnotrichum
  • (Heinr.Braun) Borbás Halácsy
  • Galium mollugo var. petraeum Galium album var. petraeum
  • Schur Galium mollugo var. pubescens
  • Galium suberectum Klokov

Galium album, common names white bedstraw[7] and upright hedge bedstraw,[8] is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae and is native to much of Europe.

Description

The stems can grow to at least 150 centimetres (5 feet) and are more or less erect with ascending branches. The stem is square in sections with slight flanges. The plant is relatively hairless with shiny leaves and stem. Flowers are white or yellowish.[9] The fruits are hairless.[10][11]

Distribution and habitat

Galium album is widespread over much of Europe, native to a large region from Britain to Morocco, east to Turkey and Western Siberia. It has been introduced and is naturalized in Ireland, Scandinavia, Greenland and South Australia.[2] It is found in pastures and grassy banks, especially on dry calcareous soils. In Britain, G. album is local in lowland England, rare in the north, and very rare in Scotland.[9]

Subspecies

Five subspecies were accepted by Plants of the World Online as of December 2024, listed here with their native distributions:[2]

  • Galium album subsp. album – most of the range of the species[3]
  • Galium album subsp. amani Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. – parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey[12]
  • Galium album subsp. prusense (K.Koch) Ehrend. & Krendl – Greece, Bulgaria, Crimea, Turkey, and Caucasus[4]
  • Galium album subsp. pycnotrichum (Heinr.Braun) Krendl – from Poland south to Greece and Turkey[5]
  • Galium album subsp. suberectum (Klokov) Michalk. – Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine[6]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (6 December 2024). "Galium album White Bedstraw" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130634/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Galium album Mill." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/749481-1. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Galium album subsp. album" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77168429-1. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Galium album subsp. prusense (K.Koch) Ehrend. & Krendl" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/890266-1. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Galium album subsp. pycnotrichum (Heinr.Braun) Krendl" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77189441-1. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Galium album subsp. suberectum (Klokov) Michalk." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/975731-1. 
  7. ↑ "Galium album". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GAAL. 
  8. ↑ "Galium album". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/GALAL. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Clapham, A. R., Tutin, T. G. and Warburg, E. F. (1987). Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23290-2. p. 302.
  10. ↑ Hennedy, Roger (1891). The Clydesdale Flora. Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins. p. 97.
  11. ↑ Michalková, Eleonóra. 1993. Biología, Bot. (Bratislava) 48(1): 48
  12. ↑ "Galium album subsp. amani Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/890264-1. 

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