Rubiaceae
Galium

Galium thunbergianum Eckl. & Zeyh.

First published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 369 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Cameroon Sudan and S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Enum. 369 (1837)
  • Hedberg in Sym. Bot. Upsal. 15, 1: 178, 329 (1957).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 411, fig. (1974).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1026 (1965).
  • Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 369 (1837).
  • Hepper, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 223 (1963).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 178, 329 (1957).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Morton, J.K. [789] Cameroon K000051941 No
Schimper, W. [370] Ethiopia K000422948 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper, W. [604] Ethiopia K000422946 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boughey, A.S. [6979] Cameroon K000051949 No
Johnston, H.H. [89] Cameroon K000051943 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9560] Cameroon K000051942 No
Morton, J.K. [7075] Cameroon K000051947 No
Morton, J.K. [6944] Cameroon K000051946 No
Mann, G. [605] Equatorial Guinea K000422951 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper, W. [1219] Ethiopia K000422947 Unknown Type Material Yes
Breteler, F.J. [MC 12] Cameroon K000051940 No
Mann G. [1284] Cameroon K000051939 Type Yes
Boughey, A.S. [10663A] Cameroon K000051945 No
Hedberg, O. [93115] Cameroon K000087435 No
Mann, G. [2001] Cameroon K000051944 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9560A] Cameroon K000051950 No
Maitland, T.D. [1205] Cameroon K000051948 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0