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]

Galactia
Galactia striata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Diocleae
Genus: Galactia
P.Browne (1756)
Species

About 100.[1] See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Galaction St.-Lag. (1880)
  • Heterocarpaea Scheele (1848)
  • Leucodyction Dalzell (1850)
  • Odonia Bertol. (1822)
  • Sweetia DC. (1825), nom. rej.

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

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99 species are currently accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Galactia P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.
  3. ^ "Glactica anomala". Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System of Belize. BERDS & BTFS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  4. ^ "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
  5. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Galactia mollis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Galactia regularis". LEGUMEWEB. International Legume Database & Information Service. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ a b "Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn". New South Wales Flora Online. The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  1. ^ "Galactia striata". Universal Protein Resource. UniProt Consortium. Retrieved 22 May 2011.