''Galactia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of plants in the legume family (
Fabaceae). 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 widely ...
. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas,
beach pea Beach pea is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*''Vigna marina'', known as nanea and notched cowpea, a species of legume in the family Fabaceae
*''Lathyrus japonicus'', common names Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, and Sea Vetchling, a le ...
s or wild peas.
Selected species
* ''
Galactia anomala''
Lundell
* ''
Galactia martii''
DC.
* ''
Galactia megalophylla''
(F.Muell.)
* ''
Galactia mollis''
Michx.
* ''
Galactia regularis''
(L.) Britton ''et al.'' (= ''G. volubilis'')
* ''
Galactia smallii''
* ''
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 pea (disambiguation), beach peas or wild peas.
Select ...
''
(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]
* ''
Galactia tenuiflora''
(Willd.) Wight & Arn.
** ''Galactia tenuiflora'' var. ''lucida''
References
Phaseoleae
Fabaceae genera
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