Galactia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Diocleeae
Genus: Galactia
Species: G. acapulcensis – G. acunana – G. albiflora – G. anisopoda – G. anomala – G. argentea – G. argentifolia – G. augusti – G. australis – G. austrofloridensis – G. bahamensis – G. benthamiana – G. brachyodon – G. buchii – G. burkartii – G. caimitensis – G. canescens – G. carnea – G. combsii – G. cordifolia – G. cuneata – G. cuspidata – G. densiflora – G. dictyophylla – G. dimorphophylla – G. dubia – G. earlei – G. eggersii – G. elliottii – G. elliptifoliola – G. erecta – G. excisa – G. fiebrigiana – G. filiformis – G. floridana – G. fuertesii – G. galactioides – G. glaucescens – G. glaucophylla – G. glomerata – G. gracillima – G. herradurensis – G. incana – G. isopoda – G. jenningsii – G. joselyniae – G. jussiaeana – G. killipiana – G. laotica – G. latifolia – G. latisiliqua – G. laxifolia – G. lignosa – G. lindenii – G. lockhartii – G. longiflora – G. longifolia – G. longipes – G. maisiana – G. martioides – G. megalophylla – G. microphylla – G. minarum – G. minutiflora – G. mollis – G. monophylla – G. muelleri – G. multiflora – G. neesii – G. nitida – G. nummularia – G. ocoana – G. parvifolia – G. pendula – G. pinetorum – G. purshii – G. regularis – G. remansoana – G. revoluta – G. rotundata – G. rubra – G. sangsterae – G. savannarum – G. schomburgkii – G. serpentina – G. shumbae – G. simaoensis – G. smallii – G. sparsiflora – G. spiciformis – G. striata – G. suberecta – G. synandra – G. tashiroi – G. texana – G. trinitensis – G. tuberosa – G. uniflora – G. vietnamensis – G. volubilis – G. watsoniana – G. weddelliana – G. wrightii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galactia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 15. Reference page. Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Galactia. Accessed: 15 May 2021.

Name

Galactia P.Browne, 1756

Type species: Galactia pendula Pers.

Synonyms

Betencourtia A.St.-Hil., Voy. 1: 376 (1833)
Collaea DC., Mem. Leg. 6: 244 (1825)
Galaction St.-Lag.
Heterocarpaea Scheele, Linnaea, 21: 467 (1848)
Leucodictyon Dalzell, Hook. Kew Journ. 2: 264 (1850)
Odonia Bertol., Lucub. 35 (1822)
Sweetia DC.

References

Primary references

Browne, P. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts. London. BHL Reference page. : 298

Additional references

Ceolin, G.B. & Miotto, S.T.S. 2013. Synopsis of the genus Galactia (Phaseoleae, Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) in Brazil Phytotaxa 134: 1-26.
de Queiroz, L.P., Oliveira, A.C. & Snak, C. 2020. Disentangling the taxonomy of the Galactia-Camptosema-Collaea complex with new generic circumscriptions in the Galactia clade (Leguminosae, Diocleae). Neodiversity 13(1): 56-94. DOI: 10.13102/neod.131.3 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galactia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Galactia. Published online. Accessed: May 15 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Galactia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Galactia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 15. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Galactia. Accessed: 15 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Milkpea
中文: 乳豆属