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Galium capense

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Identification
Galium namaquense Eckl.&Zeyh. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Galium capense Thunb. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by C. Puff, Galium capense Thunb. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Galium wittbergense
  • Galium not on sheet
  • Galium expansum
  • Galium capense
  • Steudelia sylvatica
  • Galium garipense
  • Galium mucronatum
  • Galium namaquense
  • Galium bredasdorpense
  • Adenogramma sylvatica

Flora

Entry for Galium capense subsp capense [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Galium capense subsp capense [family ACANTHACEAE]
Common names
G. mucronatum Thunb., Prodr. 1: 30 (1794). Type: Cape, Thunberg (sheet 3342, UPS, holo.!; NU, WU: pho­tos!). G. expansum Thunb., Prodr. 1: 30 (1794). Type: Cape, Thunberg (sheet 3312, UPS, holo.!; NU, WU: photos!). G. capense var. expansum (Thunb.) Sond. in F.C. 3: 36 (1865). G. expansum var. elongatum Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 370 (1836). Type: Cape, between Hassaquaskloof and Breederi-vier, Ecklon & Zeyher 23260 (BOL; SAM, iso.!; WU: photo.!). G. mucronatum var. densiflorum Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 370 (1836). Type: Cape, Vierentwintig Rivieren, Ecklon & Zeyher 23270 (GOET; P; SAM; W, iso.!; WU: photo.!). G. capense var. minus Sond. in F.C. 3: 36 (1865). Syn-types: Cape, Thunberg (sheet 3342, UPS!; NU, WU: pho­tos!); Wolvekop, Zeyher 113 (S!).
Habitat
Growth form and habit are very variable (plants weak to quite robust, inflorescences extensive and many-flowered to rather few-flowered; this is probably to a considerable extent environment-dependent). See also subsp. garipense (subsp. c).
Use
6 (a), subsp. capense.

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