Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
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Galium propinquum A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 205 (1839)
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Biostatus
Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Records from Australia now refer to Galium leiocarpum I.Thomps: 'After 1983 Galium leiocarpum was treated by Australian authors as a form of G. propinquum A.Cunn. which occur in New Zealand and is now considered endemic to that country.' (Thompson 2009)
Nomenclature
A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
1839
205
ICN
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
species
Galium propinquum
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Small, prostrate to ascending; stems weak, branched, seldom > 2 dm. long, occ. wiry; branches and branchlets ± ciliate on angles. Lvs and stipules ± patent, in rather distant whorls of 4, on petioles < 1 mm. long Lamina us. with pellucid dots, glab. or ciliolate, 2.5-5-(10) × 2-3-(4) mm., broad- to elliptic-oblong, acute, sts apiculate or awned, abruptly rounded to base. Fls 1-1·5 mm. diam., axillary, solitary on filiform peduncles ± 5-8 mm. long, nodding in fr., or 2-3 on very short, sts branched, pedicels. Corolla white, tube minute. Fr. of 2 subglobose, minutely rugulose cocci c. 1-1·5 mm. diam.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
2n = 22
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Perennial herb; stems slender, filiform, straggling, to 20 cm long, glabrous, or retrorsely ciliate on angles. Lvs and stipules in distant whorls of 4, subsessile or with petioles to 1-(2) mm long; lamina (1)-1.5-4-(8) × (0.7)-1-3.5 mm, usually elliptic, broad-ovate to broad-elliptic or obovate, rarely narrower; margins and midrib glabrous or ciliolate; apex usually mucronate. Fls 1-3 in terminal or axillary cymes; peduncles and pedicels filiform; peduncles 0-2-(7) mm long; pedicels (0.7)-1-4-(6) mm long, deflexed at fruiting; bracts very small or 0. Corolla 1.3-2 mm diam., white; lobes ± ovate-oblong, acute or mucronate. Mericarps 1-1.5 mm diam., reniform to subglobose, ± rugulose, glabrous or with appressed hairs.
Taxonomic concepts
Asperula fragrantissima J.B.Armstr.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
Galium umbrosum Sol. ex G.Forst.
Galium propinquum A.Cunn.
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e5986088-4c49-4810-8ab5-fe36c88f5329
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 January 2015