Galium mexicanum

Mexican bedstraw
	Galium mexicanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. mexicanum
Binomial name
	Galium mexicanum; Kunth

Galium mexicanum (Mexican bedstraw) is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It has a widespread distribution from British Columbia south to Ecuador.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Subspecies[]

Four subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):^[1]

Galium mexicanum subsp. asperrimum (A.Gray) Dempster - from Washington state to northern Mexico
Galium mexicanum subsp. asperulum (A.Gray) Dempster - British Columbia, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada
Galium mexicanum subsp. flexicum Dempster - Texas and Coahuila
Galium mexicanum subsp. mexicanum - from Texas to Ecuador

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[2] Biota of North America Program

[3] Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre & Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 3: 337.

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