''Galium'' is a large
genus
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of
annual
Annual may refer to:
*Annual publication, periodical publications appearing regularly once per year
** Yearbook
** Literary annual
*Annual plant
*Annual report
*Annual giving
*Annual, Morocco, a settlement in northeastern Morocco
*Annuals (band), ...
and
perennial
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herbaceous plants in the family
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...
, occurring in the
temperate
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zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.
There are over 600 species of ''Galium'', with estimates of 629
to 650
''Galium''.
The Jepson eFlora 2013. as of 2013. The field madder, ''Sherardia arvensis
''Sherardia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Sherardia arvensis'' or (blue) field madder, which is widespread across most of Europe and northern Africa as well as sou ...
'', is a close relative and may be confused with a tiny bedstraw. ''Asperula
''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
Species
* ' ...
'' is also a closely related genus; some species of ''Galium'' (such as woodruff, '' G. odoratum'') are occasionally placed therein.
See also
* List of Lepidoptera that feed on ''Galium''
* List of ''Galium'' species
References
External links
*
World Checklist of Rubiaceae
*
Rubiaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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