Galium lucidum
Appearance
Lucid bedstraw | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Galium |
Species: | G. lucidum
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Binomial name | |
Galium lucidum All.
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Galium lucidum is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, from Portugal and Morocco to Greece, the range extending northwards into Germany.[1][2]
Galium lucidum is an erect, perennial, glabrous plant up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are narrow and linear, up to 3 cm long, whorled with as many as 10 per node. Inflorescence is a large terminal panicle of many small, white to cream-colored flowers.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Five subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):[1]
- Galium lucidum subsp. fruticescens (Cav.) O.Bolòs & Vigo - Spain
- Galium lucidum subsp. krendlii Natali - Corsica
- Galium lucidum subsp. lucidum - most of species range
- Galium lucidum subsp. krendlii Natali - Corsica
- Galium lucidum subsp. venustum (Jord.) Arcang - Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, central Italy
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ AltervistaFlora Italiana, Caglio lucido
- ^ "Forum Acta Plantarum, Galium lucidum All. - Caglio lucido". Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
External links
[edit]- Tela Botanica, Gaillet luisant
- Flore Alpes, Gaillet à feuilles luisantes
- Comune di Pontassieve, Guida alla Flora Spontanea, Galium lucidum All. subsp. lucidum (Caglio lucido) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Galium
- Flora of Portugal
- Flora of Tunisia
- Flora of Morocco
- Flora of Spain
- Flora of Germany
- Flora of Corsica
- Flora of France
- Flora of Switzerland
- Flora of Greece
- Flora of Croatia
- Flora of Serbia
- Flora of Austria
- Flora of Romania
- Flora of Bulgaria
- Flora of Slovakia
- Flora of Slovenia
- Flora of Kosovo
- Flora of Sicily
- Flora of Sardinia
- Flora of Italy
- Plants described in 1773
- Taxa named by Carlo Allioni
- Rubioideae stubs