Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Rubiaceae Juss.
Galium spurium L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
106
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Habitat in Europae cultis
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008) , Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia :
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[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Galium tenerum Schleich. ex Gaudin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium ibicinum Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.
legitimate
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009) , PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online :
-
[secondary reference]
Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009) , A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1) :
108-109, Fig. 14
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Galium aparine var. minor Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium ibicinum Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium spurium subsp. ibicinum (Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.) Ehrend.
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Galium aparine L.
legitimate
by Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Rubiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 : 619, Fig. 120b
misapplication:
Galium tenerum Schleich. ex Gaudin
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1929) , Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4 : 539
misapplication:
Galium tenerum Schleich. ex Gaudin
legitimate
by Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 : 617
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Galium spurium L. subsp. spurium
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium vaillantii DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium spurium var. vaillantii ( DC.) Gren. & Godr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium aparine var. minor Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium ibicinum Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Galium spurium subsp. ibicinum (Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.) Ehrend.
legitimate
misapplication:
Galium tenerum Schleich. ex Gaudin
legitimate
by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 : 800
misapplication:
Galium tenerum Schleich. ex Gaudin
legitimate
by Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 : 617
APC Comment:
Authorship of Galium tenerum is sometimes given as "Pers.", Syn. Pl. 1: 128 (1805). However, the name only appears in that work as a synonym of G. parisiense L. and is thus not validly published by Persoon.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Western Australian Herbarium (2011) , FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6 :
-
[secondary reference]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
342
[secondary reference]