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Galium L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 34796

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Relbunium (Endl.) Benth. & Hook. f.
	Common Name(s):	gaillet [French]
		bedstraw [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Asteranae
	Order	Gentianales
	Family	Rubiaceae – madders, rubiacées
	Genus	Galium L. – gaillet, bedstraw
		Direct Children:
	Species	Galium album Mill. – white bedstraw
	Species	Galium ambiguum W. Wight – Yolla Bolly bedstraw
	Species	Galium andrewsii A. Gray – phloxleaf bedstraw
	Species	Galium angustifolium Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray – narrowleaf bedstraw
	Species	Galium aparine L. – bedstraw, cleavers, cleaverwort, scarthgrass, white hedge, catchweed bedstraw, goose grass, sticky-willy, stickywilly
	Species	Galium argense Dempster & Ehrend. – Argus bedstraw
	Species	Galium aristatum L. – awned bedstraw
	Species	Galium arkansanum A. Gray – Arkansas bedstraw
	Species	Galium asprellum Michx. – rough bedstraw
	Species	Galium bermudense L.
	Species	Galium bifolium S. Watson – twinleaf bedstraw, twin-leaf bedstraw
	Species	Galium bolanderi A. Gray – Bolander's bedstraw
	Species	Galium boreale L. – northern bedstraw
	Species	Galium buxifolium Greene – box bedstraw, island bedstraw
	Species	Galium californicum Hook. & Arn. – California bedstraw
	Species	Galium catalinense A. Gray – Santa Catalina Island bedstraw
	Species	Galium circaezans Michx. – licorice bedstraw, wild licorice, woods bedstraw
	Species	Galium clementis Eastw. – Santa Lucia bedstraw
	Species	Galium cliftonsmithii (Dempster) Dempster & Stebbins – Santa Barbara bedstraw
	Species	Galium collomiae J.T. Howell – Fossil Hill Creek bedstraw
	Species	Galium coloradoense W. Wight – Colorado bedstraw
	Species	Galium concinnum Torr. & A. Gray – shining bedstraw
	Species	Galium correllii Dempster – cliff bedstraw
	Species	Galium desereticum Dempster & Ehrend. – desert bedstraw
	Species	Galium divaricatum Pourr. ex Lam. – Lamarck's bedstraw
	Species	Galium emeryense Dempster & Ehrend. – Emery County bedstraw
	Species	Galium fendleri A. Gray – Fendler's bedstraw
	Species	Galium glabrescens (Ehrend.) Dempster & Ehrend. – Castle Lake bedstraw
	Species	Galium glaucum L. – waxy bedstraw
	Species	Galium grande McClatchie – San Gabriel bedstraw
	Species	Galium grayanum Ehrend. – Gray's bedstraw
	Species	Galium hallii Munz & I.M. Johnst. – Hall's bedstraw
	Species	Galium hardhamae Dempster
	Species	Galium hilendiae Dempster & Ehrend. – Hilend's bedstraw
	Species	Galium humifusum M. Bieb. – spreading bedstraw
	Species	Galium hypocarpium (L.) Endl. ex Griseb.
	Species	Galium hypotrichium A. Gray – alpine bedstraw
	Species	Galium intermedium Schult.
	Species	Galium jepsonii Hilend & J.T. Howell – Jepson's bedstraw
	Species	Galium johnstonii Dempster & Stebbins – Johnston's bedstraw
	Species	Galium kamtschaticum Steller ex Schult. & Schult. f. – boreal bedstraw
	Species	Galium labradoricum (Wiegand) Wiegand – northern bog bedstraw
	Species	Galium lanceolatum Torr. – lanceleaf wild licorice
	Species	Galium latifolium Michx. – purple bedstraw
	Species	Galium magnifolium (Dempster) Dempster – largeleaf bedstraw
	Species	Galium matthewsii A. Gray – Matthew bedstraw, bushy bedstraw
	Species	Galium mexicanum Kunth – Mexican bedstraw
	Species	Galium microphyllum A. Gray – bracted bedstraw
	Species	Galium mollugo L. – false baby's breath
	Species	Galium multiflorum Kellogg – manyflower bedstraw, shrubby bedstraw
	Species	Galium munzii Hilend & J.T. Howell – Munz's bedstraw
	Species	Galium murale (L.) All. – yellow wall bedstraw
	Species	Galium muricatum W. Wight – Humboldt bedstraw
	Species	Galium nuttallii A. Gray – climbing bedstraw
	Species	Galium obtusum Bigelow – bristly bedstraw, bluntleaf bedstraw
	Species	Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. – sweetscented bedstraw
	Species	Galium oreganum Britton – Oregon bedstraw
	Species	Galium orizabense Hemsl. – bald bedstraw
	Species	Galium palustre L. – common marsh bedstraw
	Species	Galium parishii Hilend & J.T. Howell – Parish's bedstraw
	Species	Galium parisiense L. – wall bedstraw
	Species	Galium pilosum Aiton – hairy bedstraw
	Species	Galium X pomeranicum Retz. – bedstraw
	Species	Galium porrigens Dempster – graceful bedstraw
	Species	Galium proliferum A. Gray – limestone bedstraw
	Species	Galium rubioides L. – European bedstraw
	Species	Galium saxatile L. – heath bedstraw
	Species	Galium serpenticum Dempster – serpent bedstraw, Intermountain bedstraw
	Species	Galium sparsiflorum W. Wight – Sequoia bedstraw
	Species	Galium stellatum Kellogg – starry bedstraw
	Species	Galium sylvaticum L. – scotchmist
	Species	Galium texense A. Gray – Texas bedstraw
	Species	Galium tinctorium L. – dye bedstraw, stiff marsh bedstraw
	Species	Galium tricornutum Dandy – roughfruit corn bedstraw
	Species	Galium trifidum L. – three-petal bedstraw, small bedstraw, threepetal bedstraw
	Species	Galium triflorum Michx. – sweetscented bedstraw, sweet bedstraw, fragrant bedstraw
	Species	Galium uliginosum L. – fen bedstraw
	Species	Galium uncinulatum DC. – bristly bedstraw
	Species	Galium uniflorum Michx. – oneflower bedstraw
	Species	Galium verrucosum Huds. – warty bedstraw
	Species	Galium verum L. – Yellow Spring bedstraw
	Species	Galium virgatum Nutt. – southwest bedstraw, southwestern bedstraw
	Species	Galium watsonii (A. Gray) A. Heller – Watson's bedstraw
	Species	Galium wrightii A. Gray – slenderbranch bedstraw, Wright's bedstraw

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Charlotte M. Taylor
	Notes:	Curator, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Lousis, Missouri, 63166-0299, USA
	Reference for:	Galium

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	gaillet[French]

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Galium

	Source:	Rubiaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
	Reference for:	Galium

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Galium

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Galium

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