Galactia is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae[2] They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perennial herbs or subshrubs with prostrate, climbing, or erect forms.[1]
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| Galactia striata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Diocleae |
| Genus: | Galactia P.Browne (1756) |
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The genus contains 99 species which range through the Americas from New York and Arizona to northern Argentina, in tropical Africa and Madagascar, in south and southeast Asia, southern China, and Japan, and in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.[1]
Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical and subtropical forest margins, thickets, woodlands, wooded grasslands, grasslands, and rocky shrublands.[1]
Species edit
99 species are currently accepted.[1]
- Galactia acapulcensis Rose
- Galactia acunana Borhidi & O.Muñiz
- Galactia albiflora Urb.
- Galactia anisopoda Ohwi
- Galactia anomala Lundell[3]
- Galactia argentea Brandegee
- Galactia argentifolia S.Moore
- Galactia augusti Harms
- Galactia austrofloridensis A.R.Franck
- Galactia bahamensis Urb.
- Galactia benthamiana Micheli
- Galactia brachyodon Griseb.
- Galactia buchii Urb.
- Galactia burkartii Fortunato
- Galactia caimitensis Urb. & Ekman
- Galactia canescens Benth.
- Galactia carnea Urb. & Ekman
- Galactia combsii Urb.
- Galactia cordifolia Ceolin & Miotto
- Galactia cuneata Alain
- Galactia cuspidata Teijsm. & Binn.
- Galactia densiflora M.T.Germán, R.Sousa & M.Sousa
- Galactia dictyophylla Urb.
- Galactia dimorphophylla Fortunato, Sede & Luckow
- Galactia dubia DC.
- Galactia earlei Britton
- Galactia eggersii Urb.
- Galactia elliottii Nutt.
- Galactia elliptifoliola Merr.
- Galactia erecta (Walter) Vail
- Galactia excisa Urb. & Ekman
- Galactia fiebrigiana Burkart
- Galactia filiformis (Jacq.) Benth.
- Galactia floridana Torr. & A.Gray
- Galactia fuertesii Urb.
- Galactia galactioides (Griseb.) Hitchc.
- Galactia glaucescens Kunth
- Galactia glaucophylla Harms
- Galactia glomerata Urb.
- Galactia herradurensis Urb.
- Galactia heterophylla A.Gray
- Galactia incana (Rose) Standl.
- Galactia isopoda Urb.
- Galactia jenningsii Britton
- Galactia joselyniae G.L.Nesom
- Galactia jussiaeana Kunth
- Galactia killipiana J.F.Macbr.
- Galactia laotica Thuan
- Galactia latifolia (Baker) Thuan
- Galactia latisiliqua Desv.
- Galactia laxifolia Urb.
- Galactia lignosa (Turpin ex Pers.) Urb.
- Galactia lindenii Burkart
- Galactia lockhartii Griseb.
- Galactia longiflora Arn.
- Galactia longifolia (Jacq.) Benth.
- Galactia longipes Gagnep.
- Galactia maisiana Alain
- Galactia megalophylla (F.Muell.)[4]
- Galactia microphylla (Chapm.) H.J.Rogers ex Isely
- Galactia minarum Standl. & Steyerm.
- Galactia minutiflora Urb.
- Galactia mollis Michx.[5]
- Galactia monophylla Griseb.
- Galactia muelleri Benth.
- Galactia multiflora B.L.Rob.
- Galactia nummularia Urb.
- Galactia ocoana Urb. & Ekman
- Galactia parvifolia A.Rich.
- Galactia pendula Pers.
- Galactia pinetorum Small
- Galactia purshii Desv.
- Galactia regularis (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. (= G. volubilis)[6]
- Galactia remansoana Harms
- Galactia revoluta Urb.
- Galactia rotundata Alain
- Galactia rubra (Jacq.) Urb.
- Galactia sangsterae Proctor
- Galactia savannarum Britton
- Galactia schomburgkii Urb.
- Galactia serpentina G.L.Nesom
- Galactia shumbae Harms
- Galactia simaoensis Y.Y.Qian
- Galactia smallii H.J.Rogers ex A.Herndon
- Galactia sparsiflora Standl. & Steyerm.
- Galactia spiciformis Torr. & A.Gray
- Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urb.[uniprot 1]
- Galactia striata var. crassirachis Burkart
- Galactia striata var. striata
- Galactia striata var. villosa (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. (= G. tenuiflora var. villosa)[7]
- Galactia suberecta Britton
- Galactia synandra Urb.
- Galactia tashiroi Maxim.
- Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn.[8]
- Galactia tenuiflora var. lucida[8]
- Galactia texana (Scheele) A.Gray
- Galactia trinitensis Urb.
- Galactia tuberosa DC.
- Galactia uniflora Urb.
- Galactia vietnamensis Thuan
- Galactia volubilis (L.) Britton
- Galactia watsoniana W.C.Holmes & Singhurst
- Galactia weddelliana Benth.
- Galactia wrightii A.Gray
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Galactia P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.
- ^ "Glactica anomala". Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System of Belize. BERDS & BTFS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
- ^ "Leguminosae Galactia megalophylla F.Muell". International Plant Names Index. Plant Names Project. Retrieved 22 May 2011. Leguminosae is an older name for Fabaceae, thus Leguminosae Galactia megalophylla
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Galactia mollis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Galactia regularis". LEGUMEWEB. International Legume Database & Information Service. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2011). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Galactia striata var. villosa. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131570, retrieved 22 May 2011
- ^ a b "Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn". New South Wales Flora Online. The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Galactia striata". Universal Protein Resource. UniProt Consortium. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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