Galium arkansanum, the Arkansas bedstraw,[1] is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[2] It is native to the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma in the United States.[3][4][5]
Arkansas bedstraw | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Galium |
Species: | G. arkansanum
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Binomial name | |
Galium arkansanum A.Gray
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References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Galium arkansanum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 80
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Smith, Edwin B. (1979). "A New Variety of Galium Arkansanum (Rubiaceae) Endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas". Brittonia. 31 (2). f. 1, 3. Bibcode:1979Britt..31..279S. doi:10.2307/2806190. JSTOR 2806190.
External links
edit- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri, Galium arkansanum
- Missouri Plants Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Gardening Europe