''Galactia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of plants in the legume family (
). It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is wide ...
. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas,
beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
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Galactia anomala
''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
* ''Galactia ano ...
''
Lundell
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Galactia martii
''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
* ''Galactia ano ...
''
DC.
* ''
Galactia megalophylla
''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
* ''Galactia ano ...
''
(F.Muell.)
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Galactia mollis
''Galactia mollis'', the soft milkpea, is a species of flowering plant in the southeastern United States in the family Fabaceae. It is a dicot
The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into ...
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Michx.
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Galactia regularis
''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
* ''Galactia ano ...
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(L.) Britton ''et al.'' (= ''G. volubilis'')
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Galactia smallii
''Galactia smallii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Small's milkpea. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known only from a few small patches of remaining habitat in Miami-Dade County. ''
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Galactia striata
''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas.
Selected species
* ''Galactia ano ...
''
(Jacq.) Urb.
** ''Galactia striata'' var. ''villosa''
(Wight & Arn.) Verdc. (= ''G. tenuiflora'' var. ''villosa'')
[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]
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Galactia tenuiflora
''Galactia tenuiflora'' is a twining or trailing vine belonging to the family Fabaceae. This pantropical species is found in northern Australia between the Kimberley region and North Queensland. It is found in a variety of habitats but prefers E ...
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(Willd.) Wight & Arn.
** ''Galactia tenuiflora'' var. ''lucida''
References
Phaseoleae
Fabaceae genera
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