Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 529 556 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Galium verum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 107. 1753 . "Habitat in Europa frequens." RCN: 869. Lectotype (Nazimuddin & Qaiser in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 190: 66. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 129.13 ( LINN ) . Generitype of Galium Linnaeus. Current name: Galium verum L. ( Rubiaceae ). Note: Galium verum , with the type designated by Nazimuddin & Qaiser, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 563. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).