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Genus: Galium
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 400 species, found worldwide,
with 16 species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
African Flowering Plants database,
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Galium amatymbicum
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Galium bredasdorpense
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Galium bussei
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Galium capense |
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Galium chloroionanthum
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Galium monticolum |
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Galium mucroniferum |
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Galium rourkei |
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Galium scabrelloides |
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Galium scabrellum
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Galium spurium |
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Galium spurium-aparine |
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Galium subvillosum |
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Galium thunbergianum
See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is
split into
var. thunbergianum and
var. hirsutum. |
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Galium tomentosum |
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Galium undulatum |
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Publications
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Puff, C. 1986. Paederieae, Anthospermeae,
Rubieae. Flora of southern Africa 31, part 1, fascicle 2: 1-79.
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Puff, C. 1989. Otiophora, Paederia,
Anthospermum, Rubia & Galium. Flora Zambesiaca 5,1: 63-65, 142-149,
150-158, 193-201.
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