Galactia
Encyclopedia
Galactia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the legume family
(Fabaceae
). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called "beach peas" or "wild peas".
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the legume family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called "beach peas" or "wild peas".
Selected species
- Galactia anomala Lundell
- Galactia martii DC.
- Galactia megalophylla (F.Muell.)
- Galactia regularis (L.) Britton et al. (= G. volubilis)
- Galactia smalliiGalactia smalliiGalactia 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. It is threatened by the destruction and inadequate management of...
- Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urb.
- Galactia striata var. villosa (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. (= G. tenuiflora var. villosa)
- Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn.
- Galactia tenuiflora var. lucida