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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Galactia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Galactia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Subtribus  Galactiinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 452. 19 Oct 1865.    Genus  Galactia P. Browne pub. (1756) common name: milkpea

Named members of the Genus Galactia

1	Species  brachypoda Torr. & Gray syn. Galactia erecta
2	Species  brevipes Small syn. Galactia floridana
3	Species  canescens Benth. common name: hoary milkpea
4	Species  dubia DC. common name: West Indian milkpea
5	Species  eggersii Urban common name: Eggers' milkpea
6	Species  elliottii Nutt.
	7    Varietas  leavenworthii Torr. & Gray syn. Galactia elliottii
8	Species  erecta (Walt.) Vail common name: erect milkpea
9	Species  fasciculata Vail syn. Galactia floridana
10	Species  floridana Torr. & Gray
	11    Varietas  longiracemosa Vail syn. Galactia floridana 12    Varietas  microphylla Chapman syn. Galactia microphylla
13	Species  glabella Michx. syn. Galactia regularis
14	Species  grayi Vail syn. Galactia heterophylla
15	Species  heterophylla Gray common name: Gray's milkpea
16	Species  longifolia (Jacq.) Benth. ex Hoehne common name: longleaf milkpea
17	Species  macreei M.A. Curtis syn. Galactia volubilis
18	Species  marginalis Benth. common name: edible milkpea
19	Species  microphylla (Chapman) H.J. Rogers ex Hall & Ward common name: littleleaf milkpea
20	Species  minor Duncan syn. Galactia microphylla
21	Species  mississippiensis (Vail) Rydb. syn. Galactia volubilis
22	Species  mohlenbrockii R.H. Maxwell syn. Dioclea multiflora
23	Species  mollis Michx.
	24    Varietas  nashii Vail syn. Galactia mollis
25	Species  parvifolia A. Rich. common name: small-leaf milkpea
26	Species  pinetorum Small common name: pineland milkpea
27	Species  prostrata Small syn. Galactia smallii
28	Species  regularis (L.) B.S.P. common name: eastern milkpea
29	Species  smallii H.J. Rogers ex Herndon common name: Small's milkpea
30	Species  spiciformis Torr. & Gray syn. Galactia striata
31	Species  striata (Jacq.) Urban common name: Florida hammock milkpea
32	Species  texana (Scheele) Gray common name: Texas milkpea
33	Species  volubilis (L.) Britt.
	34    Varietas  mississippiensis Vail syn. Galactia volubilis
35	Species  wrightii Gray
	36    Varietas  mollissima Kearney & Peebles common name: Wright's milkpea 37    Varietas  wrightii common name: Wright's milkpea

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.