Galium paschale explained

Galium paschale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Galium found in south-eastern Europe and Turkey.

Distribution and ecology

Galium paschale grows wild in parts of Bulgaria, Greece, the former Yugoslavia and Turkey.^[1] In Turkey, it ranges from Turkish Thrace in the west to Bitlis Province in the east, and lives in mixed deciduous woodland.^[2]

Taxonomy

Galium paschale was first described by the Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål in his 1775 work Latin: Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica.^{[1] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: R. Govaerts . Galium paschale Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 203 (1775) . World Checklist of Selected Plant Families . . 9 April 2015.
2. Web site: Galium paschale Forsskal . TÜBİVES: Türkiye Bitkileri Veri Servisi / Turkish Plants Data Service . 9 April 2015.
3. Book: Petrus Forskål . Peter Forsskål . 1775 . Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Ægyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem . Hauniæ (Copenhagen) . Möller .