Galax aphylla L.

, Sp. Pl. 1: 200 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106782-2
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 200
Date of Publication
1 May 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Diapensiaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
H. E. Ahles & A. E. Radford 53245
Locality
about 1 mile west of Bynum, alluvial woods along How River near U.S. Highway 15-501
Collection Date
25 Apr 1960
Type Herbaria
holotype BM
Distribution Of Types
Chatham County (North Carolina, Southeastern U.S.A., Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

a Hydrophyllaceae

Remarks

Although Galax belongs to Diapensiaceae, the type of G. aphylla belongs to Hydrophyllaceae (see R. K. Brummitt, Taxon 21(2/3): 303-317. May I972).

Links

Nomenclatural link
Nemophila aphylla (L.) Brummitt, Taxon 21: 315 (1972).
Same citation as
Galax aphylla L., Sp. Pl. 1: 200 (1753).