Plant Details

Accepted name:: Galium spurium L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Galium spurium subsp. ibicinum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Ehrend.

Galium spurium subsp. spurium

Galium spurium subsp. africanum Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
锯锯藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aparine spuria (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 397 (1868).
Galium agreste var. leiospermon Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 59 (1822).
Galium aparine var. leiospermon (Wallr.) Westerl. Bot. Not. 1863: 140 (1863).
Galium aparine proles spurium (L.) Samp. Fl. Port., ed. 2: 540 (1947).
Galium aparine subsp. spurium (L.) Hartm. Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl.: 23 (1846).
Galium aparine var. spurium (L.) Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 120 (1827).
Galium aparine f. spurium (L.) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 433 (1966).
Galium aparine var. spurium (L.) Hiern in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 245 (1877).
Galium spurium var. genuinum Gren. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France 2: 44 (1850), not validly publ.
Galium spurium subsp. glabrum Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 441 (1828), not validly publ.
Galium spurium var. leiospermon (Wallr.) Hayek Fl. Steiermark 2: 393 (1912), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Galium spurium L.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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