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Milkpeas
Galactia
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
eastern milk-pea
speciesGalactia regularis
Elliott's milkpea
speciesGalactia elliottii
eastern milkpea
speciesGalactia volubilis
Florida Hammock Milkpea
speciesGalactia striata
Pursh's Milkpea
speciesGalactia purshii
slender-flowered milkpea
speciesGalactia tenuiflora
Florida Milkpea
speciesGalactia floridana
Texas Milkpea
speciesGalactia texana
Wright's Milkpea
speciesGalactia wrightii
Galactia tashiroi
speciesGalactia tashiroi
Sandhill Milkpea
speciesGalactia brachypoda
Galactia lindenii
speciesGalactia lindenii
Hoary Milkpea
speciesGalactia canescens
Pineland Milkpea
speciesGalactia pinetorum
littleleaf milkpea
speciesGalactia microphylla
Small's Milkpea
speciesGalactia smallii
Erect Milkpea
speciesGalactia erecta
Soft Milkpea
speciesGalactia mollis
Galactia latisiliqua
speciesGalactia latisiliqua
South Florida Milkpea
speciesGalactia austrofloridensis
West Indian milkpea
speciesGalactia dubia
Varileaf milkpea
speciesGalactia heterophylla
Galactia jussiaeana
speciesGalactia jussiaeana
Galactia peduncularis
speciesGalactia peduncularis
Galactia acapulcensis
speciesGalactia acapulcensis
Galactia grewiifolia
speciesGalactia grewiifolia
Galactia stereophylla
speciesGalactia stereophylla
Galactia heringeri
speciesGalactia heringeri
Galactia uniflora
speciesGalactia uniflora
Longleaf Milkpea
speciesGalactia longifolia
Galactia nummularia
speciesGalactia nummularia
Galactia benthamiana
speciesGalactia benthamiana
Galactia rubra
speciesGalactia rubra
Galactia glaucescens
speciesGalactia glaucescens
Galactia eggersii
speciesGalactia eggersii
Galactia glaucophylla
speciesGalactia glaucophylla
Galactia spiciformis
speciesGalactia spiciformis
Galactia megalophylla
speciesGalactia megalophylla
small-leaf milkpea
speciesGalactia parvifolia
Watson's Milkpea
speciesGalactia watsoniana
Galactia longiflora
speciesGalactia longiflora
Galactia monophylla
speciesGalactia monophylla
Galactia crassifolia
speciesGalactia crassifolia
Galactia lamprophylla
speciesGalactia lamprophylla
Galactia multiflora
speciesGalactia multiflora
Galactia argentea
speciesGalactia argentea
Galactia incana
speciesGalactia incana
Galactia augusti
speciesGalactia augusti
Galactia combsii
speciesGalactia combsii
Galactia pendula
speciesGalactia pendula
Galactia weddelliana
speciesGalactia weddelliana
Galactia maisiana
speciesGalactia maisiana
Soft Milkpea
speciesGalactia glabella
Galactia jenningsii
speciesGalactia jenningsii
Galactia densiflora
speciesGalactia densiflora
Galactia filiformis
speciesGalactia filiformis
Galactia albiflora
speciesGalactia albiflora
Galactia argentifolia
speciesGalactia argentifolia
Galactia vietnamensis
speciesGalactia vietnamensis
Galactia lockhartii
speciesGalactia lockhartii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85340.