Galium montis-arerae
Appearance
Pizzo Arera 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. montis-arerae
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Binomial name | |
Galium montis-arerae |
Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae.[1] It is named after the mountain called Pizzo Arera, in the Bergamo Alps of Lombardia region in northern Italy.[2][3] It is found only in the range from Monte Pegherolo to Concarena in Bergamasque Prealps.[4]
Galium montis-arerae is an ascending, caespitose herb. Stems are square in cross-section, up to 40 cm long. Leaves are in whorls of 6-8 narrowly oblanceolate leaves, thick and somewhat succulent. Inflorescence is an elongated panicle of yellow flowers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Merxmüller, H.; Ehrendorfer, F. (1957). "Galium montis-arerae, eine neue Sippe der Bergamasker Alpen". Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift. 104 (3): 228–233. doi:10.1007/BF01281677.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Galium montis-arerae
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Caglio del Pizzo Arera
- ^ a b Acta Plantarum Flora Italiana, Galium montis-arerae Merxm. & Ehrend. - Caglio del Pizzo Arera