Galium kamtschaticum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Galium |
Species: | G. kamtschaticum
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Binomial name | |
Galium kamtschaticum Steller ex Schult. & Schult.f.,
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Galium kamtschaticum, known as Kamchatka bedstraw or boreal bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, named for the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Pacific Coast of Russia. [1] The species is native to northeastern Asia and northern North America: Russia ( Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, and Kuril Islands), northeastern China ( Heilongjiang, Jilin), Korea, Japan, Alaska (including the Aleutians), Canada ( Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick), and the northern part of the contiguous United States ( Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Washington). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Two varieties are recognized: [3]
Galium kamtschaticum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Galium |
Species: | G. kamtschaticum
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Binomial name | |
Galium kamtschaticum Steller ex Schult. & Schult.f.,
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Galium kamtschaticum, known as Kamchatka bedstraw or boreal bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, named for the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Pacific Coast of Russia. [1] The species is native to northeastern Asia and northern North America: Russia ( Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, and Kuril Islands), northeastern China ( Heilongjiang, Jilin), Korea, Japan, Alaska (including the Aleutians), Canada ( Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick), and the northern part of the contiguous United States ( Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Washington). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Two varieties are recognized: [3]