Biology:Galium stellatum

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Short description: Species of plant

Galium stellatum
Galium stellatum var eremicum 1.jpg
Galium stellatum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. stellatum
Binomial name
Galium stellatum
Kellogg

Galium stellatum (starry bedstraw or desert bedstraw) is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Arizona, and found also in Baja California, Baja California Sur, southeastern California (Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial and San Diego Counties), Nevada (Clark, Nye and Lincoln Cos.), Utah (Washington County).[1][2][3][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[6]

References

  1. "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/?name_id=87570. 
  2. BONAP (11 February 2014). "Floristic Synthesis of NA: Galium Stellatum". https://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Galium%20stellatum.png. 
  3. California Academy of Natural Sciences; Sciences, California Academy of Natural (1858). Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences. v.2 (1858-1862). Dr Kellogg; President in the Chair. San Francisco: The Academy. pp. 97. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24102. 
  4. Lorence, D.H. (1999). A Nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae: Volume 73 of Monographs in Systematic Botany. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 1–177. ISBN 9780915279623. 
  5. Shreve, F.; Wiggins, I. L. (1964). Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 vols. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 
  6. Soza, Valerie L.; Olmstead, Richard G. (2010). "Evolution of breeding systems and fruits in New World Galium and relatives (Rubiaceae)". American Journal of Botany 97 (10): 1630–1646. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000130. PMID 21616799. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15455399 entry