Galactia
Introduction '''''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 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 brachyodon'' * ''Galactia buchii'' * ''Galactia burkartii'' * ''Galactia caimitensis'' * ''Galactia canescens'' * ''Galactia carnea'' * ''Galactia combsii'' * ''Galactia cordifolia'' * ''Galactia cuneata'' * ''Galactia cuspidata'' * ''Galactia densiflora'' * ''Galactia dictyophylla'' * ''Galactia dimorphophylla'' * ''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'' (Jacq.) Urb. ** ''Galactia striata'' var. ''crassirachis'' ** ''Galactia striata'' var. ''striata''** ''Galactia striata'' var. ''villosa'' (Wight & Arn.) Verdc. (= ''G. tenuiflora'' var. ''villosa'')* ''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''
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