It is hard to guess what you are looking for. Take the apparently simpler case where $f$ is a polynomial, say of degree $d$. If $d = 1$ you have an explicit solution in terms of the exponential function (because your $G$ is logarithmic). If $d = 2$ the solution can be written in terms of trigonometric functions. If $d = 3$ you need elliptic functions to express the solution explicitly. As soon as $d$ is greater than $3$, I don't know of any standard naming for the functions you get or any interesting theory of these functions.
Dick Palais
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