World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Aparine vulgaris Hill, Herb. Brit. 2: 149 (1770).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Galium aparine L., Sp. Pl.: 108 (1753).
Family:	Rubiaceae
* Galium aparine L., Sp. Pl.: 108 (1753). Aparine hispida Moench, Methodus: 640 (1794), nom. superfl. Galium lappaceum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 59 (1796), nom. superfl. Asperula aparine (L.) Besser, Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 1: 114 (1809), nom. illeg. Asterophyllum aparine (L.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 1077 (1829). Asperula aparine var. aparine (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 332 (1879), not validly publ. Galion aparinum (L.) St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113 (1880). Rubia aparine (L.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 7: 373 (1880). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts