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    Galium munzii

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    Short description: Species of plant

    Munz's bedstraw
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Eudicots
    Clade: Asterids
    Order: Gentianales
    Family: Rubiaceae
    Genus: Galium
    Species:
    G. munzii
    Binomial name
    Galium munzii
    Hilend & J.T.Howell

    Galium munzii (Munz's bedstraw) is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It is native to California (Inyo, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties), Arizona (Mohave and Coconino Cos.), Nevada (Clark and Lincoln Cos.), and Utah (Washington and Tooele Cos.).[2][3]

    Galium munzii is a profusely branching, dioecious herb.[4] Leaves are in whorls of 4, broadly egg-shaped or almost round. Flowers are pale green.[1][4][5]

    Subspecies

    Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

    • Galium munzii subsp. ambivalens Dempster & Ehrend. – Coconino County
    • Galium munzii subsp. munzii – rest of species range

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Hilend, Martha Luella & Howell, John Thomas. 1934. Leaflets of Western Botany 1(12): 135–136
    2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
    3. Biota of North America Program
    4. 4.0 4.1 Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
    5. Munz, P. A. 1974. Flora of Southern California 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.[ISBN missing]

    External links

    Wikidata ☰ Q15451736 entry



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