Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Galium
Species: Galium hypocarpium
Subspecies: G. h. subsp. alluviale G. h. subsp. buxifolium G. h. subsp. hypocarpium G. h. subsp. titicacum

Name

Galium hypocarpium (L.) Endl. ex Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 351. 1864 [1861].

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Valantia hypocarpia L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1307. 1759.
      • Typus: Jamaica: "middle mountains of Liguanee"; Browne s.n. (lectotype, designated by Dempster (1990), p. 306: LINN-1219.13).
  • Homotypic
    • Rubia brownei Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 81. 1803, nom. illeg. superfl., p.p. (quoad typum)[Note 1] (as Brownei)
    • Rubia hypocarpia (L.) DC., Prodr. 4: 591(–592). 1830.
    • Relbunium hypocarpium (L.) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(7): 63. 1881.
    • Galium hypocarpium (L.) Fosberg, Sida 2(5): 386. 1966, isonym

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Ordo XCVIII. Rubiaceae. Pp. 341–622, 672–673 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 4, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
  • Grisebach, A.H.R. 1861. XCIV. Rubiaceae. Pp. 316–351 in Flora of the British West Indian Islands. Lovell, Reeve & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 
  • Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

Note:

  1. The description of Rubia brownei by Michaux refers to Galium bermudense. However, the inclusion of Valantia hypocarpia L. in synonymy makes it a superfluous name and homotypic synonym of Galium hypocarpium.
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