New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Galium

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Last Modified 02/06/2013

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Nomenclature

Galium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 105. 1753.

List of Galium Species

Galium aparine Galium asprellum Galium mollugo Galium verum Galium boreale Galium circaezans Galium concinnum Galium labradoricum Galium lanceolatum Galium obtusum Galium palustre Galium pilosum Galium tinctorium Galium tricornutum Galium trifidum Galium triflorum Galium album Galium glaucum Galium odoratum Galium latifolium

References to Galium

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  • Chauhan, B. S. et.al. 2006. Seed germination and seedling emergence of threehorn bedstraw (Galium tricornutum). Weed Science 54: 867-872.
  • Gould, A. M. A.; Gorchov, D. L. 2000. Effects of the exotic invasive shrub Lonicera maackii on the survival and fecundity of three species of native annuals. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 144: 36-50.
  • Heinken, T. 2000. Dispersal of plants by a dog in a deciduous forest. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 122: 449-467.
  • Lawrey, J. D. 1977. Trace metal accumulation by plant species from a coal strip-mining area in Ohio. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 368-375.
  • Mack, R. N. 2003. Plant naturalizations and invasions in the eastern United States: 1634-1860. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 77-90.
  • Malik, N. et.al. 1988. The biology of Canadian weeds 86. Galium aparine L. and Galium spurium L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 68: 481-500.
  • Mennan, H. et.al. 2006. Seasonal cycles in germination and seedling emergence of summer and winter populations of catchweed bedstraw (Galium aparine) and wild mustard (Brassica kaber). Weed Science 54: 114-120.
  • Mersereau, D.; DiTommaso, A. 2003. The biology of Canadian weeds. 121. Galium mollugo L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 83: 453-466.
  • Myers, J. A. et.al. 2004. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139: 35-44.
  • Puff, C. 1976. The Galium trifidum group (Galium sect., Aparinoides, Rubiaceae). Canad. J. Bot. 54: 1911-1925.
  • Puff, C. 1977. The Galium obtusum group ({Galium sect. {Aparinoides, Rubiaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 202-208.
  • Rogers, G. K. 2005. The genera of Rubiaceae in the southeastern United States, part II. Subfamily Rubioideae, and subfamily Cinchonoideae revisited. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 1-45.
  • Sobey, D. G.; Barkhouse, P. 1977. The structure and rate of growth of the rhizomes of some forest herbs and dwarf shrubs of the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border region. Canad. Field-Naturalist 91: 377-83.
  • Soza, V. L.; Olmstead, R. G. 2010. Evolution of breeding systems and fruits in New World Galium and relatives (Rubiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 97: 1630-1646.
  • Taylor, K. 1999. Galium aparine L. J. Ecol. 87: 713-730.