Galium ruwenzoriense

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids I
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
tribus = Rubieae
genus = "Galium"
species = "G. ruwenzoriense"
binomial = "Galium ruwenzoriense"
binomial_authority = (Cortesi) Chiov.
synonyms = "Galium afroalpinum" Bullock "Galium mildbraedii" K.Krause "Galium serratohamatum" S.Moore "Rubia ruwenzoriensis" Cortesi cite web
url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=86627
title = "Galium ruwenzoriense" (Cortesi) Chiov. record n° 86627
accessdate = 2008-05-07
format = HTML
work = African Plants Database
publisher = South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica ]

"Galium ruwenzoriense" is a member of the family Rubiaceae which grows at the mid-altitudes of 2,700 and 4,050 meters (8,900 - 13,300 ft) in northern Sub-Saharan Africacite web
url = http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.FLORA.FTEA008449
title = Entry for "GALIUM ruwenzoriense" (Cortesi) Chiov. [family RUBIACEAE]
accessdate = 2008-05-07
author = Aluka
authorlink = Aluka
format = HTML
work = African Plants
doi = 10.5555/AL.AP.FLORA.FTEA008449
publisher = Ithaka Harbors, Inc]

It forms vines, and spreads vegetatively by means of runners. It climbs, attaching to surfaces with rows of small hooks along the edges of its leaves and stemscite web
url = http://eprints.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/00000221/01/Knapping.pdf
title = The maker not the tool: The cognitive significance of great ape manual skills.
accessdate = 2008-05-07
author = Richard W Byrne (University of St Andrews)
format = PDF]

It has bristly leaves, deep red or even black berries, and small, light green flowers.cite web
url = http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/datenbanken/rwenzori/Rwenzori_desktop.pdf
title = Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones
accessdate = 2008-05-06
author = H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke
authorlink = University of Zurich
date = 2 March 2006
format = PDF
publisher = Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich]

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