Rubiaceae
Galium

Galium ossirwaense K.Krause

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 159 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical African Mountains to N. Mozambique. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 411 (1974).
  • K. Krause in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 159 (1909).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 177, 328 (1957).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1972 Lugard, E.J. [400a] Kenya K000422930 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Richards, H.M. [7473] Tanzania K000319869 No
Mar 1, 1972 Bally, P.R.O. [8334] Kenya K000319856 No
Mar 1, 1972 Liebenberg [1619] Uganda K000319886 No
Mar 1, 1972 Uainwarug [5983] Kenya K000319863 No
Mar 1, 1972 Och, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [479] Kenya K000319867 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Peers, A.W. [11] Kenya K000319857 No
Mar 1, 1972 Burtt, B.D. [4178] Tanzania K000319872 No
Mar 1, 1972 Verdcourt, B. [608] Kenya K000319860 No
Mar 1, 1972 Och, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [479] Kenya K000319866 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1972 Rogers, C.G. [401] Kenya K000319859 No
Mar 1, 1972 Geilinger, W. [3677] Tanzania K000319878 No
Mar 1, 1972 Geilinger, W. [2147] Tanzania K000319871 No
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [3117] Tanzania K000319870 No
Peter, A. [43244] Tanzania K000319875 No
Chuwa, S. [2758] Tanzania K000319880 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [14550] Kenya K000319858 No
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5335] Tanzania K000319868 No
Issa [35] Tanzania K000319873 No
Suleiman, H.O.; Fundi, M.J. [62] Tanzania K000319879 No
Bidgood, S.; Congdon, T.C.E. [128] Tanzania K000319877 No
Lisowski, S. [10577] Uganda K000319888 No
Mabberley, D.J. [502] Kenya K000319861 No
Richards, H.M. [23964] Tanzania K000319874 No
Hedberg, O. [4476] Uganda K000319887 No
Waller, H. [4] Malawi K000319855 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1461] Kenya K000319865 No
Peter, A. [43005] Tanzania K000319876 No
Gillett, J.B. [19031] Kenya K000319862 No
Chuwa, S. [89004] Tanzania K000319881 No
Hindorf [808] Kenya K000319864 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0