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

Galium aparine var. spurium (L.) Hiern in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 245 (1877).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Galium spurium L., Sp. Pl.: 106 (1753).
Family:	Rubiaceae
* Galium spurium L., Sp. Pl.: 106 (1753). Galium agreste var. leiospermon Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 59 (1822). Galium aparine var. spurium (L.) Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 120 (1827). Galium spurium subsp. glabrum Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 1: 441 (1828), not validly publ. Galium aparine subsp. spurium (L.) Hartm., Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl.: 23 (1846). Aparine spuria (L.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 397 (1868). Galium aparine var. leiospermum (Wallr.) T.Durand in �.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 719 (1903). Galium aparine f. spurium (L.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 433 (1966). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts