Rubiaceae
Galium

Galium chloroionanthum K.Schum.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 417 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mountains of Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a scrambling subshrub and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robbrecht, E. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Rubiaceae Tribu XXVI et XXVII: 1-44. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Robbrecht, E. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Rubiaceae Tribu XXVI et XXVII: 1-44. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 411 (1974).
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 456 (1954).
  • K. Schum. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 30: 417 (1901).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 7, 2005 Frimodt-Moller, C.; et al. [TZ500] Tanzania K000172926 No
Goetze, W. [1162] Tanzania K000422934 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0