Galium aschenbornii
Galium aschenbornii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Galium, native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador.[3]
| Galium aschenbornii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. aschenbornii |
| Binomial name | |
| Galium aschenbornii S. Schauer | |
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Description
Galium aschenbornii is a climbing or trailing plant, with leaves in whorls of four, each leaf being 7–15 millimetres (0.3–0.6 in) long. Its flowers are typically red or pink (occasionally white, yellow or greenish) and actinomorphic with elongated corolla lobes, although few flowers are normally produced.[4]
Distribution
Galium aschenbornii is found in mountainous regions of Mexico, as far north as Jalisco and San Luis Potosí, and south through Central America to Ecuador.[4] It lives at altitudes of 1,200–3,500 metres (3,900–11,500 ft) in "moist slopes, meadows or streambanks, in open or dense forests of oak and conifers".[4]
References
- Jaramillo, T.; Cornejo, X.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Galium flaccidum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46019A11029504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46019A11029504.en. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- "Galium aschenbornii Schauer". The Plant List. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Lauramay T. Dempster (1978). "Galium aschenbornii Schauer". The Genus Galium (Rubiaceae) in Mexico and Central America. University of California Publications in Botany. Vol. 73. University of California Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-520-09578-6.