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Galium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 105 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000015241.

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Statistics

StatusTotal%
◼︎ synonym 1,03958%
◼︎ accepted 67238%
◼︎ unplaced 724%
Total1,783

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Synonyms of Galium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Eyselia Neck. Elem. Bot. 1: 199 (1790) wfo-1200061207
Galion St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113 (1880) wfo-1200061217
Aparinanthus Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 397 (1868) wfo-4000002576
Aparine Guett. Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (Paris, 4to) 1750: 189 (1754) wfo-4000002577
Aparinella Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 397 (1868) wfo-4000002578
Aspera Moench Meth. : 641 (1794) wfo-4000003287
Bataprine Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 1: 264 (1910) wfo-4000004201
Chlorostemma Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 398 (1868) wfo-4000008023
Galion Pohl Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 126 (1810) wfo-4000015236
Relbunium (Endl.) Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 2: 149 (1873) wfo-4000032730
Trichogalium Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 396 (1868) wfo-4000038989
Gallium Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754) wfo-4100002591

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Galium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium acrispum (Dempster) Guilliams & Hasenstab Phytoneuron 2024-69: 3 2024 wfo-1000076378
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium adrianopolitanum Ančev – — wfo-0001132039
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium angustifolium Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. 2: 22 1841 — wfo-0000968273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium aparine subsp. aparine – – — wfo-1200108654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium aparine var. minus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(6): 290. 1833 [late 1833] wfo-0001391442
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium aphyllum Mazziari Ionios Antologia 4: 940 (1834) wfo-0000968324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium arpadianum Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 652. 1927 [1926 publ. 1927] ; et in Bol. Soc. Iber. 1928, 27: 180 (1929) wfo-0001355943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium arvernense Rouy Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 8: 41, in syn. 1903 [Apr 1903] wfo-0001355944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium australe var. australe – – wfo-0001399174
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium australe var. typicum Hochr. Candollea 5 1934 wfo-0001399177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium axiflorum f. axiflorum – – wfo-0001327439
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium blechii Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 11: 192 (1912) wfo-0000968449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium boissierianum subsp. boissierianum – Unknown wfo-0001426959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium boreale subsp. boreale – – — wfo-1200108682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium boreale var. incurvatum (Urschler) Kliphuis Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 76(5): 459, without basionym ref. 1973 wfo-0001401313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium boreale var. typicum Beck Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 2: 1121. 1893 wfo-0001391444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium borysthenicum Klokov Fl. RSS Ucr. 10: 471 (1961) wfo-0000968501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium brasiliense Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 43 (1829) wfo-0000968519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium brebissonii Le Jol. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 328. 1879 [Oct 1879] wfo-0001355945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium bussei var. bussei – Unknown wfo-0000968550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium congestum Klokov & Zaver. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Nizsh. Rast. 1974: 87 (1974) wfo-0000968733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium corinthiacum Strid & Kit Tan Phytol. Balcan. 25(2): 223. 2019 [Aug 2019] [epublished] wfo-1000049008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium crebrifolium Rouy Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 8: 7. 1903 [Apr 1903] wfo-0001033502
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium cuneatum H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 245, nomen. 1917 wfo-0001355946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium dasycarpum Nees Reise Nord-America 2: 437 (1841) wfo-0000968803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium debile Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 2: 48 (1824) wfo-0000968811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium delphinense Arv.-Touv. Essai Pl. Dauphiné : 33 (1871) wfo-0000968830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium donetzkiensis Ostapko Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 51: 85 (1994) wfo-0000968859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium dubium E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 219 (1904) wfo-0000968861
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium dulongense H.Li in Fl. Dulongjian Reg. 246 (1993), without latin descr. or type. wfo-0001357590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium fatrense Ehrend. & Šípošová Acta Bot. Slov. 10: 140. 1987 wfo-0001348574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium filicaule Willd. ex Schult. Mant. 3: 172. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827] wfo-0000923598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium filicaule Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 658 (1840) wfo-1200061402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium fragile Krock. Fl. Siles. , Suppl. 1: 210 (1823) wfo-0000968986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium gaudichaudii var. gaudichaudii – – wfo-0001386554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium gilboense Eig Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 63(1): 114, nomen. 1931 wfo-0001355947
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium glabricarpum Ostapko Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 51: 84 (1994) wfo-0000969036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium glomeratiflorum S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 7: 191 2024 wfo-1000076420
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium gmelinii Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl. : 425 (1782) wfo-0000969053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium goldbachianum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 658, sphalm. wfo-0001355948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium goldlachicum DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 4: 610, sphalm. 1830 [late Sep 1830] wfo-0001355949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium gracilens var. otundifollum (Hay.) Hatus. Fl. Ryukyus 580, ? without basionym ref. 1971 wfo-0001401314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium guadalupense (Spreng.) L.Andersson Scripta Bot. Belg. 1: 32, 116, 184. 1992 wfo-1200010408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium guanwuense S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 6: 178 2023 wfo-1000057048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium heldreichii subsp. heldreichii – – — wfo-1200107936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium heratophylloides Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 3(8): 209. 1881 [Mar 1881] wfo-0001355950
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium hupehensis Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17(4): 719 1910 — wfo-0001228373
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium hybridum E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 219 (1904) wfo-0000969178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium indicum B.Heyne Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6214. [1831-32] wfo-0001355951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium insuave Pobed. – — wfo-0001132489
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium intrincatum Reuter 1839 — wfo-0001132606
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium jordanense Eig Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 63(2): 103, nomen. 1932 wfo-0001355952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium lidaoense S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 7: 171 2024 wfo-1000076408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium linense Standl. – — wfo-0001132118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium lithospermifolium Fisch. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 659, nomen. wfo-0001355954
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium longepedicellatum Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 652. 1927 [1926 publ. 1927] ; et in Bol. Soc. Iber. 1928, 27: 175 (1929), in obs., hybr. wfo-0001355955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium manuelis Sennen Diagn. Nouv. : 292 (1936) wfo-0000969417
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium mauryi Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 652 1926 — wfo-0001033506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium messanense Tineo ex Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 23 (1903) wfo-0000969454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium obtusifolium Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. : 178 (1840) wfo-0000969664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium octophyllum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 61 (1923) wfo-0000969691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium palustre subsp. palustre – – — wfo-1200108107
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium palustre var. decipiens Gosselman Blekinges Fl. 27. 1865 wfo-1200027234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium panzerianum Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 172 (1827) wfo-0000969763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium parisiense subsp. parisiense – – — wfo-1200107919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium parisiense var. decipiens (Fourr.) Batt. Fl. Algérie [Battandier & al.] Dicot.: 400 1890 wfo-1200101278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium penicillatum S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 7: 184 2024 wfo-1200109535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium phillippi Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 11: 190 1908 — wfo-0001242640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium polonicum Blocki – — wfo-0001132464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium pomeranicum Retz. Fl. Scand. Prodr. , ed. 2: 34 (1795) wfo-0001132040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium pratense Scheele Linnaea 17: 340 (1844) wfo-0000969896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium pseudoboreale Klokov – — wfo-0001132465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium pumilis Standl. – — wfo-0001132120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium pumilum subsp. pumilum – – — wfo-1200107783
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium pusillum var. hirtum Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 318 (1868) — wfo-1200061090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium quinquefidum Andrz. Rys Botaniczny 2: 34 (1830) wfo-0000970001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium reuteri W.Koch – wfo-0001354291
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium rigidum Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 144 (1789) wfo-0000970030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium rigidum subsp. corrudifolium Merino Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 12: 112 (1914) — wfo-1200061092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium rubioides subsp. rubioides – – — wfo-1200108422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium rubrocarpum S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 7: 197 2024 wfo-1000076421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium saxatile subsp. saxatile – – — wfo-1200108639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium schiedeanum Prahl Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst. 2: 114 (1890) wfo-0000970146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium scioanum var. scioanum – Unknown wfo-0000970157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium sect. Cymogalia Pobed. Fl. URSS 23: 712 1958 wfo-1000055711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium sect. Depauperata Pobed. Fl. URSS 23: 710 1958 wfo-1000055710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium sect. Thliphthisa Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2(5/6): 161. 1846 [1844 publ Jan 1846] wfo-1000035939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium segreanum Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 374, nomen. 1927 wfo-0001355956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium setaceum subsp. setaceum – – — wfo-1200107944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium setuliflorum var. trichopetalum (Nakai) Makino Ill. Fl. Nippon 111. 1940 [2 Oct 1940] wfo-1200029755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium sherardiifolium Sennen Diagn. Nouv. : 299 (1936) wfo-0000970193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium songmaoense S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 7: 178 2024 wfo-1000076419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium spurium-aparine Complex – — wfo-0001132315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium sylvaticum subsp. sylvaticum – – — wfo-1200108534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium tenuissimum subsp. tenuissimum – – — wfo-1200108655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium terracciani Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 16 (1903) wfo-0000970371
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium tomentosum Klokov – — wfo-0001132046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium triflorum f. typicum Leyendecker Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 15: 179. 1941 wfo-0001323588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium tunetanum Bourg. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 328. 1879 [Oct 1879] wfo-0000970484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium uliginosum J.R.Forst. Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 21 (1771) wfo-0000837436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium umbricola J.H.Willis Vict. Naturalist 73(11) 1957 wfo-0001357362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium valantioides var. valantioides – – — wfo-1200107697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium valentinum var. valentinum – – — wfo-1200108579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium verum subsp. ruthenicum (Willd.) H.Lindb. Enum. Pl. Fennoscandia 54 1901 wfo-1200098587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium witmanni Ten. Atti Accad. Pontan. 1: 194 (1832) wfo-0000970640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galium xeroticum (Klokov) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 427, in obs., non rite publ. 1963 wfo-0001132467