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aparine

Taxon

Galium aparine L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 108. 1753 [1 May 1753] (as aparina)BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Galium aparine--Kenya. Egerton Univ. Bot. Gard, Njoro. 10 July 04. 006.jpg

Galium aparine--Kenya. Egerton Univ. Bot. Gard, Njoro. 10 July 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 80 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 107 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

July 10, 2004

Location

Kenya (Egerton University campus and Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Njoro, southwest of Nakuru on Njoro Road.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Galium

Specific Epithet

aparine

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#238,400 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →