Galium boissierianum (Steud.) Ehrend. & Krendl, 1974

Blanca, Gabriel, Cueto, Miguel, Fuentes, Julián & Ortega-Olivencia, Ana, 2021, Claiming a Boissierian species of Asperula (Rubiaceae), but under a new name: Galium pierredmondii, Phytotaxa 487 (3), pp. 251-262 : 256

Galium boissierianum (Steud.) Ehrend. & Krendl in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 68: 270 (1974) [“boissieranum”]

≡ Asperula boissieriana Steud., Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 151 (Aug. 1840), basionym

≡ Asperula paniculata Boiss., Elench. Pl. Nov.: 56 (1838), nom. illeg., non Bunge in Ledeb., Fl. Altaic. 1: 140 (1829)

≡ Asperula effusa Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 280, tab. 83 p. p. (Sept. 1840), nom. superfl .

= Asperula asperrima var. glabrescens Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 281, tab. 84 p. p. (1840)

Lectotypus (designated by Burdet et al. 1990: 49, sub Asperula effusa ): G-BOIS [digital image!]

Ind. loc.: “Hab. inter dumeta in parte inferiori Sierra d’Estepona alt. 2000´–3000´” [sub Asperula paniculata ]

Illustration: Boissier (1840, tab. 83: general habit and details 1 and 3, sub Asperula paniculata ; details 2, 4 and 5 probably correspond to G. pierredmondii ); Ortega-Olivencia & Devesa (2007, Fig. 1a , lám. 14: e-h).

Distribution: Endemic to southern Iberian Peninsula, namely to Serranía de Ronda and Sierra Bermeja (Málaga province).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A‒C, Galium boissierianum (GDA 67803). D‒F, Galium pierredmondii (GDA 67816). G‒I, Galium moralesianum (GDA 62769). A, D, G: habit; B, E, H: inflorescence detail; C, F, I: flowers detail.