Galium mexicanum explained

Galium mexicanum, the Mexican bedstraw, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It has a widespread distribution from British Columbia south to Ecuador.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Subspecies

Four subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):^[1]

• Galium mexicanum subsp. asperrimum (A.Gray) Dempster - from Washington state to northern Mexico
• Galium mexicanum subsp. asperulum (A.Gray) Dempster - British Columbia, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada
• Galium mexicanum subsp. flexicum Dempster - Texas and Coahuila
• Galium mexicanum subsp. mexicanum - from Texas to Ecuador

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen from University of Texas, collected in Oaxaca, Galium mexicanum
• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Veracruz, Galium mexicanum
• USDA plants profile, Galium mexicanum subsp. asperulum
• Especies de Costa Rica

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=86800 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Galium%20mexicanum.png Biota of North America Program
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5820#page/342/mode/1up Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 337.