Galium verum var. hallaensis, 2017

Jeong, Keum Seon, Shin, Jae-Kwon, Jang, Kae Sun & Choi, Kyung, 2017, Galium verum var. hallaensis, a replacement name for the Korean Galium pusillum Nakai (Rubiaceae), Phytotaxa 302 (1), pp. 95-96 : 95

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.302.1.10
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/440A460A-FFC5-FFC1-FF59-B841FDD4A7F5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Galium verum var. hallaensis
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Galium verum View in CoL L. var. hallaensis K.S.Jeong & K.Choi , nom. nov.

Replaced name: Galium pusillum Nakai (1915: 4) , nom. illeg., non G. pusillum Linnaeus (1753: 106) .

Type:— KOREA. Jeju: Seogwipo-si, Mt. Halla, 13 August 1908, E. J. Taquet 921 (holotype TI!)

Note s:— Galium verum is a very variable species and several varieties on the basis of habit, indumentum, and flower color have been recognized ( Cufodontis 1940, Yamazaki 1991, Chen & Ehrendorfer 2011).

Galium verum var. hallaensis is endemic to Mt. Halla (Jeju Island, Korea), and it is similar to G. verum var. asiaticum Nakai (1939: 344) ditributed in Japan, Korea and Russia ( Yamazaki 1991, Chen & Ehrendorfer 2011). It differs from G. verum var. asiaticum by smaller plant and leaves.