Galium mexicanum

Mexican bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. mexicanum
Binomial name
Galium mexicanum Kunth

Galium mexicanum (Mexican bedstraw) is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It has a widespread distribution from British Columbia south to Ecuador.^[1][2][3]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):^[1]

• Galium mexicanum subsp. asperrimum (A.Gray) Dempster - from Washington State to northern Mexico

• Galium mexicanum subsp. asperulum (A.Gray) Dempster - British Columbia, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada

• Galium mexicanum subsp. flexicum Dempster - Texas and Coahuila

• Galium mexicanum subsp. mexicanum - from Texas to Ecuador

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Biota of North America Program
3. Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 337.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen from University of Texas, collected in Oaxaca, Galium mexicanum
• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Veracruz, Galium mexicanum
• USDA plants profile, Galium mexicanum subsp. asperulum
• Especies de Costa Rica