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Flowers of Galium odoratum | | Scientific classification | | | | Species | | About 400 species; see text Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...
Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ...
Families Gentianaceae (gentian family) Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Gelsemiaceae Loganiaceae (logania family) Rubiaceae (coffee family) The Gentianales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons. ...
Genera See text The Rubiaceae are a family of dicotyledon plants, variously called the madder, bedstraw, or coffee family. ...
| Galium L., is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with about 400 species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The species are variously known as bedstraw (most species), goosegrass (G. aparine), cleavers (G. tricornutum, G. aparine) and woodruff (G. odoratum). A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné listen?, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ...
Annual, from the Latin annuum, or year means pertaining to a year or happening every year. ...
A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ...
A herb (pronounced urb in American English and hurb in British English) is a plant grown for culinary or medicinal value. ...
Genera See text The Rubiaceae are a family of dicotyledon plants, variously called the madder, bedstraw, or coffee family. ...
In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ...
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator. ...
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earths surface that is south of the equator. ...
Boring! This plant prefers partial to full shade in moist, rich soils. ...
Bedstraws are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Riband Wave, Silver-ground Carpet, Common Carpet, Barred Straw, Hummingbird hawk moth, The Flame, Flame Shoulder, Autumnal Rustic and Square-spot Rustic. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...
Families About 130 - see text The Lepidoptera is the second largest order of insects comprising butterflies, skippers, and moths. ...
Binomial name Idaea aversata Linnaeus, 1758 The Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ...
Binomial name Xanthorhoe montanata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 The Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ...
Binomial name Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 The hummingbird hawk moth, Macroglossum stellatarum, is a species of hawk moth with a long proboscis, and is capable of hovering in place. ...
Binomial name Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761 The Flame (Axylia putris) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...
Binomial name Ochropleura plecta Linnaeus, 1761 The Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...
Binomial name Eugnorisma glareosa Esper, 1788 The Autumnal Rustic (Eugnorisma glareosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...
- Selected species
- Galium aetnicum
- Galium album - Upright Bedstraw
- Galium aparine - Goosegrass, Cleavers, or Stickywilly
- Galium arenarium - Sand Bedstraw
- Galium aristatum
- Galium baldense
- Galium boreale - Northern Bedstraw
- Galium corrudaefolium
- Galium debile - Slender Marsh Bedstraw
- Galium elongatum - Great Marsh Bedstraw
- Galium firmum
- Galium fleurotii
- Galium glaucum - Glaucous Bedstraw
- Galium humifusum
- Galium longifolium
- Galium lucidum
- Galium mollugo - Hedge Bedstraw
- Galium normanii
- Galium obliquum
- Galium odoratum - Woodruff
- Galium oelandicum
- Galium olympicum
- Galium palustre - Common Marsh Bedstraw
- Galium parisiense - Wall Bedstraw
- Galium pumilum - Slender Bedstraw
- Galium rotundifolium
- Galium rubrum
- Galium saxatile - Heath Bedstraw
- Galium schultesii
- Galium spurium - False Cleavers
- Galium sterneri - Limestone Bedstraw
- Galium suecicum - Swedish Bedstraw
- Galium sylvaticum - Wood Bedstraw
- Galium tricornutum - Corn Cleavers
- Galium trifidum
- Galium triflorum - Conifer Bedstraw
- Galium uliginosum - Fen Bedstraw
- Galium valdepilosum
- Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw
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