Galium hypocarpium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

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

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

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.

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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.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Rubiaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 800–852. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.
Dempster, L.T. 1990. The genus Galium (Rubiaceae) in South America. IV. Allertonia 5: 283–345. JSTOR Reference page.
Taylor, C.M. & Lorence, D.H. 2014. Galium. Pp. 553–556 in Taylor, C.M., Rubiaceae. In Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VII, Dicotiledóneas (Picramniaceae–Rutaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-56-6. Reference page.
Taylor, C.M. & Steyermark, J.A. 2004. Galium. Pp. 604–605 in Taylor, C.M., Steyermark, J.A. (†), Delprete, P.G., Vincentini, A., Cortés, R., Zappi, D., Persson, C., Costa, C.B. & Anunciação, E.A., Rubiaceae. In Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 8, Poaceae–Rubiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 1-930723-36-9. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Galium hypocarpium. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Galium hypocarpium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 04 22. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galium hypocarpium.
Hassler, M. 2018. Galium hypocarpium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 11. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Galium hypocarpium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2018.
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Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Galium hypocarpium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2018.
Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Galium hypocarpium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2018.
Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Galium hypocarpium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2018.
Galium hypocarpium in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 22 April 2018.

↑ 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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