Galium orizabense (bald bedstraw) is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae, named for the town of Orizaba in Veracruz, where the first collections of the species were made.[2] The species is native to Mexico (from Sinaloa + Nuevo León south to Oaxaca), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, and Hispaniola, plus widely scattered locations in the southeastern United States.[3][4][5][6]

Bald bedstraw

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. orizabense
Binomial name
Galium orizabense

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized (May 2014).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ Hemsley, William Botting. 1880. Diagnoses Plantarum Novarum Mexicanarum 3: 54
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program
  5. ^ Dempster, L. 1975. Galium. In Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XI, Numbers 1 to 3. Fieldiana: Botany 24(11/1–3): 74–78.
  6. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  7. ^ The Plant List, Galium orizabense Hemsl.
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