Galium Ruwenzoriense
''Galium ruwenzoriense'' is a member of the family Rubiaceae which grows at the mid-altitudes of 2,700 to 4,050 meters (8,900 – 13,300 ft) in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zaïre ( Congo-Kinshasa or Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...). ''Galium ruwenzoriense'' 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 stems It has bristly leaves, deep red or even black berries, and small, light green flowers. References ruwenzoriense Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Plants described in 1957 {{galium-stub ...
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Fabrizio Cortesi
''Fabrizio Cortesi'' (1879-1949) was an Italian botanist. He collected in Italy and Ethiopia. He was the third Conservator of the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania, following Peter Romualdo Pirotta and Emilio Chiovenda. He was also Associated with the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (BM) References

1879 births 1949 deaths 20th-century Italian botanists {{Italy-botanist-stub ...
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