Galega

Galega officinalis

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: Galegeae
Genus: Galega
Sectiones: G. sect. Afrogalega – G. sect. Galega

Species: G. africana – G. assyriaca – G. battiscombei – G. cirujanoi – G. lindblomii – G. officinalis – G. orientalis – G. somalensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galega in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05. Reference page.

Name

Galega L. (1753)

• Type species: G. officinalis L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Accorombona Endl., Gen. Pl. Suppl. 1: 1427 (1841), nom. superfl.
    • Type species: A. tricolor (Hook.) Benth. ex Walp.
  • Callotropis G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 228 (1832), nom. illeg.
    • Calotropis Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 91, 93 (1903), orth. var., [[nom. illeg.]] non R.Br. (1809)
    • Type species: C. tricolor (Hook.) G.Don

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Eastern Africa Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Baltic States, Belgium, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, East European Russia, Ecuador, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, New York, New Zealand North, North European Russia, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, West Siberia, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 714. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gillett, J.B. 1963. Galega L. (Leguminosae) in Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 17: 81–85. Kew, London.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galega in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. 05. Published online. Accessed: Jan 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Galega. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jan 2021.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

العربية: مدرة
azərbaycanca: Çəpişotu
čeština: Jestřabina
English: Goat's rue
eesti: Kitsehernes
فارسی: شیرین بیان سا (سرده)
suomi: Vuohenherneet
français: Galéga
hornjoserbsce: Rutowka
magyar: Kecskeruta
հայերեն: Այծամորուք
ქართული: ხბოშუბლა
қазақша: Ешкібұршақ
norsk: Geitvikkeslekten
polski: Rutwica
русский: Козлятник
slovenščina: Jastrebina
svenska: Getrutesläktet
українська: Козлятник
中文: 山羊豆属
中文（简体）: 山羊豆属

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