Galium geminiflorum explained

Galium geminiflorum, the twinflowered bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, currently accepted as a distinct species.^[1] This 1838 name by Lowe^[2] should not be confused with the 1844 plant given the same name by Martens & Galeotti.^[3]

Galium geminiflorum Lowe is native to certain islands of the eastern North Atlantic: Madeira, the Canary Islands and Selvagens (Savage Islands)^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=86376 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Galium geminiflorum Lowe
2. Lowe, Richard Thomas. 1838. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 6: 541, Galium geminiflorum Lowe
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15743180#page/142/mode/1up Martens, Martin & Galeotti, Henri Guillaume. 1844. Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles 11(1): 126–127, Galium geminiflorum M. Martens & Galeotti, illegitimate name now considered a synonym of Galium aschenbornii S.Schauer