''Galactia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of plants in the legume family (

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

). 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 ...

and tribe

Diocleae The tribe Diocleae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. The Diocleae can be distinguished from other members of Fabaceae by combination of features involving the woody vine or shrub habit, stipellate trifoliolate leaves, no ...

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. 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. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical and subtropical forest margins, thickets, woodlands, wooded grasslands, grasslands, and rocky shrublands.

Species

99 species are currently accepted. * '' Galactia acapulcensis'' * '' Galactia acunana'' * '' Galactia albiflora'' * '' Galactia anisopoda'' * '' Galactia anomala'' Lundell * '' Galactia argentea'' * '' Galactia argentifolia'' * '' Galactia augusti'' * '' Galactia austrofloridensis'' * '' Galactia bahamensis'' * ''

Galactia benthamiana ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

'' * '' Galactia brachyodon'' * '' Galactia buchii'' * '' Galactia burkartii'' * ''

Galactia caimitensis ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia canescens ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia carnea ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia combsii ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia cordifolia ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia cuneata ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia cuspidata ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia densiflora ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia dictyophylla ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

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Galactia dimorphophylla ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach peas or wild peas. They are perenni ...

'' * '' Galactia dubia'' * '' Galactia earlei'' * '' Galactia eggersii'' * '' Galactia elliottii'' * '' Galactia elliptifoliola'' * '' Galactia erecta'' * '' Galactia excisa'' * '' Galactia fiebrigiana'' * '' Galactia filiformis'' * '' Galactia floridana'' * '' Galactia fuertesii'' * '' Galactia galactioides'' * '' Galactia glaucescens'' * '' Galactia glaucophylla'' * '' Galactia glomerata'' * '' Galactia herradurensis'' * '' Galactia heterophylla'' * '' Galactia incana'' * '' Galactia isopoda'' * '' Galactia jenningsii'' * '' Galactia joselyniae'' * '' Galactia jussiaeana'' * '' Galactia killipiana'' * '' Galactia laotica'' * '' Galactia latifolia'' * '' Galactia latisiliqua'' * '' Galactia laxifolia'' * '' Galactia lignosa'' * '' Galactia lindenii'' * '' Galactia lockhartii'' * '' Galactia longiflora'' * '' Galactia longifolia'' * '' Galactia longipes'' * '' Galactia maisiana'' * '' Galactia megalophylla'' (F.Muell.) * '' Galactia microphylla'' * '' Galactia minarum'' * '' Galactia minutiflora'' * '' Galactia mollis'' Michx. * '' Galactia monophylla'' * '' Galactia muelleri'' * '' Galactia multiflora'' * '' Galactia nummularia'' * '' Galactia ocoana'' * '' Galactia parvifolia'' * '' Galactia pendula'' * '' Galactia pinetorum'' * '' Galactia purshii'' * '' Galactia regularis'' (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. (= ''G. volubilis'') * '' Galactia remansoana'' * '' Galactia revoluta'' * '' Galactia rotundata'' * '' Galactia rubra'' * '' Galactia sangsterae'' * '' Galactia savannarum'' * '' Galactia schomburgkii'' * '' Galactia serpentina'' * '' Galactia shumbae'' * '' Galactia simaoensis'' * '' Galactia smallii'' * '' Galactia sparsiflora'' * '' Galactia spiciformis'' * ''

Galactia striata ''Galactia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Diocleae They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called milk peas, beach pea (disambiguation), beach peas or ...

'' (Jacq.) Urb. ** ''Galactia striata'' var. ''crassirachis'' ** ''Galactia striata'' var. ''striata'' ** ''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 suberecta'' * '' Galactia synandra'' * '' Galactia tashiroi'' * '' Galactia tenuiflora'' (Willd.) Wight & Arn. ** ''Galactia tenuiflora'' var. ''lucida'' * '' Galactia texana'' * '' Galactia trinitensis'' * '' Galactia tuberosa'' * '' Galactia uniflora'' * '' Galactia vietnamensis'' * '' Galactia volubilis'' * '' Galactia watsoniana'' * '' Galactia weddelliana'' * '' Galactia wrightii''

References

Diocleae Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub