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Galium boreale L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 108 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000968464.

Synonyms of Galium boreale L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aparine borealis (L.) Hill Herb. Brit. 2: 151 (1770) wfo-0000242092
Rubia borealis (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 374 (1880) wfo-0000298399
Trichogalium boreale (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 396 (1868) wfo-0000327535
Galium boreale subsp. ussuriense (Pobed.) Vorosch. Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR : 192 (1985) wfo-0000336163
Galium boreale f. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 433 (1966) wfo-0000795402
Galium boreale var. linearifolium Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 375 (1900) wfo-0000795403
Galium boreale var. roseum N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan : 18 (1874) wfo-0000795404
Galium boreale subsp. septentrionale (Roem. & Schult.) H.Hara J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 378 (1956) wfo-0000795405
Galium septentrionale var. glabrum Urschler Phyton (Horn) 6: 53 (1955) wfo-0000795420
Galium septentrionale var. incurvatum Urschler Phyton (Horn) 6: 52 (1955) wfo-0000795422
Galium boreale var. hirsutum Serg. Trudy Biol. Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 65 (1936) wfo-0000921601
Galium auriense Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 310 (1868) wfo-0000968395
Galium boreale var. angustifolium (Freyn) Cufod. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 89: 226 (1940) wfo-0000968467
Galium boreale var. ciliatum Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 340 (1939) wfo-0000968469
Galium boreale var. diffusum (Schrad. ex Link) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 208 (1831) wfo-0000968470
Galium boreale var. glabrum Q.H.Liu Fl. Hubeiensis 3: 637 (2002) wfo-0000968472
Galium boreale var. hispidulum Spenn. Fl. Friburg. : 465 (1825) wfo-0000968473
Galium boreale var. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) Serg. Trudy Biol. Naucno-Issl. Inst. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 64. 1936 wfo-0000968474
Galium boreale subsp. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) Soják Čas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Přír. 148(2): 77. 1980 [1979 publ. 1980] wfo-0000968475
Galium boreale subsp. incurvatum (Urschler) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 77 (1979 publ. 1980) wfo-0000968476
Galium boreale var. intermedium Serg. Trudy Biol. Naucno-Issl. Inst. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 64 (-65). 1936 wfo-0000968478
Galium boreale var. kamtschaticum (Maxim.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 103 (1909) wfo-0000968480
Galium boreale f. kamtschaticum Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 141 (1859) wfo-0000968481
Galium boreale var. koreanum Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 340 (1939) wfo-0000968482
Galium boreale var. lanceolatum Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 341 (1939) wfo-0000968483
Galium boreale var. lancilimbum W.C.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 28: 302 (1990) wfo-0000968484
Galium boreale var. latifolium Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 18: 315 (1845) wfo-0000968485
Galium boreale f. latifolium Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 141 (1859) wfo-0000968487
Galium boreale var. leiocarpum G.Mey. Chloris Han. : 366 (1836) wfo-0000968488
Galium boreale subsp. linearifolium (Rydb.) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 150: 138 (1981 publ. 1982) wfo-0000968489
Galium boreale var. pseudorubioides Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 280 (1866) wfo-0000968492
Galium boreale subsp. pseudorubioides (Schur) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 125 (1971 publ. 1972) wfo-0000968493
Galium boreale var. scabrum DC. Prodr. 4: 601 (1830) wfo-0000968495
Galium boreale var. vogesiacum (F.Gérard) Rouy Fl. France 8: 10 (1903) wfo-0000968497
Galium diffusum Schrad. ex Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 134 (1821) wfo-0000968850
Galium hyssopifolium Hoffm. Deutschl. Fl. Bot. Taschenb. 3: 71 (1800) wfo-0000969202
Galium mesocarpon A.Kern. Sched. Fl. Exs. Austro-Hung. 6: 67 (1893) wfo-0000969453
Galium nervosum Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 378 (1779) wfo-0000969619
Galium orbibracteatum Chaub. ex St.-Amans Voy. Bot. Landes : 208 (1818) wfo-0000969706
Galium rubioides Willd. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 411 (1844) wfo-0000970063
Galium rubioides var. angustifolium Freyn Oesterr. Bot. Z. 45: 341 (1895) wfo-0000970066
Galium rubioides var. hyssopifolium Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 125 (1805) wfo-0000970070
Galium rubioides var. latifolium Freyn Oesterr. Bot. Z. 45: 342 (1895) wfo-0000970071
Galium schilkense Popov Fl. Centr. Sibiri 2: 685 (1959) wfo-0000970147
Galium septentrionale Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 253 (1818) wfo-0000970166
Galium strictum Torr. Cat. Pl. New York : 23 (1819) wfo-0000970271
Galium trinerve Moench Methodus : 486 (1794) wfo-0000970473
Galium trinervium Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 12 (1782) wfo-0000970474
Galium ussuriense Pobed. Fl. URSS 23: 716 (1958) wfo-0000970526
Galium utahense Eastw. Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 55 (1933) wfo-0000970527
Galium vogesiacum F.Gérard Scrin. Fl. Select. 13: 323 (1894) wfo-0000970620
Galium boreale var. leiocarpum Nakai wfo-0001040342
Galium boreale var. boreale wfo-0001132327
Galium boreale var. septentrionale (Roem. & Schult.) Kliphuis Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 76: 459 (1973) wfo-0001387694
Galium boreale subsp. intermedium (DC.) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 150: 138 (1981 publ. 1982) wfo-0001404531
Galium boreale var. vulgare Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 18: 315 (1845) wfo-1200016785
Galium boreale var. genuinum Gren. Fl. France Corse 2: 17 (1850) wfo-1200016909
Galium boreale var. elatius Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 415 (1828) wfo-1200016935
Galium boreale var. nudum Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig : 149 (1830) wfo-1200016978
Galium boreale f. humidiusculum C.G.Westerl. Bot. Not. 1906: 5 (1906) wfo-1200061138
Galium boreale subf. hirto-scabrum C.G.Westerl. Bot. Not. 1906: 5 (1906) wfo-1200061139
Galium boreale f. genuinum Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 141 (1859) wfo-1200061222
Galium boreale var. glabrum Spenn. Fl. Friburg. : 465 (1825) wfo-1200061223
Galium boreale var. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) DC. Prodr. 4: 600 (1830) wfo-1200061224
Galium boreale subsp. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg : 100 (1834) wfo-1200061225
Galium boreale var. intermedium DC. Prodr. 4: 601 (1830) wfo-1200061226
Galium boreale var. typicum Rouy Fl. France 8: 9 (1903) wfo-1200061227
Galium boreale var. glabrum St.-Lag. Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 387 (1889) wfo-1200061493