Biology:Galium paschale

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Short description: Species of plant

Galium paschale
Scientific classification edit
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 longifolia Sm.
  • Galium bulgaricum Velen.
  • Galium effusum Boiss.
  • Galium longifolium (Sm.) Griseb.

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

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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15450983 entry