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Taxon

Galium megalospermum All.

Protologue Fl. Pedem. i. 9; Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauph. ii. 319 [bis].IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (385).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (385).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (386).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (386).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (379).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (379).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (382).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (382).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (384).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (384).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (377).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (377).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (383).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (383).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (376).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (376).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (381).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (381).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (380).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (380).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (378).JPG

Galium megalospermum, Davidson, C 13320--Switzerland. Les Violettes. 4 Jul 2016. DSC09126 (378).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13320

July 4, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Crans-Montana (Crans-Montana)

46.342972, 7.497833

Location Remarks

North of the village of Crans-Montana. Trails above and west of the Cabane des Violettes Skilift station. C. 2140-2240 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Alpine meadow land and scree on moderate to steep slopes above and west of skilift terminus.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Galium

Specific Epithet

megalospermum

Authorship

All.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

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

0.0

Global rank

#313,467 of 335,497

Top 94%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →