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June 2024

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genus

Galactia P.Browne

This genus name was first published in Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica : 298 (1756)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000015180.

Statistics

StatusTotal%
◼︎ synonym 13252%
◼︎ accepted 10140%
◼︎ unplaced 198%
Total252

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Synonyms of Galactia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Galaction St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 126 (1880) wfo-4000015181
Heterocarpaea Scheele Linnaea 21: 467 (1848) wfo-4000017682
Odonia Bertol. Lucubr. Re Herb. : 35 (1822) wfo-4000026569
Leucodyction Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 264 (1850) wfo-4000045225
Sweetia DC. Prodr. 2: 381 (1825) wfo-4100000263

Species in Galactia ( showing species 1 to 15 of 101)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Salpichlaena J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 168. 1841 [Aug 1841] wfo-4000033861
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Salpiglaena Klotzsch Linnaea 20(3): 348. 1847 [Jun 1847] wfo-4000043424
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Salpinchlaena C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 122. 1851 [Oct 1851] ; Trevisan, Atti Ist. Veneto III. 14. 574. 1869 wfo-4000043425
Stenochlaena J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 401. 1841 ; 4: 149. 1841 wfo-4000036485
Telmatoblechnum Perrie, D.J.Ohlsen & Brownsey Taxon 63(4): 755. 2014 [28 Aug 2014] wfo-4001303434

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Galactia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia augusti var. celendensis Burkart Darwiniana 16: 695. 1971 wfo-0001391414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia augustii Harms wfo-0000165403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia augustii var. augustii Unknown wfo-0000179733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia brachystachya Benth. Commentat. Legum. Gen. 63. 1837 [Jun 1837] ; also published in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 127. 1839. wfo-0000693642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia bullata var. bullata wfo-0000179734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia decumbens (Benth.) Malme wfo-0000181367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia dubia Schltdl. wfo-0000173586
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia filiformis var. cubensis M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 296. 1894 wfo-0001391441
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia floribunda Killip wfo-0001061450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia laxiflora Urb. Symb. Antill. (Urban). 2(2): 315. 1900 [20 Oct 1900] wfo-0000165434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia longifolia (Benth.) Hoehne Comm. Legum. Gen. 63. 1837 [Jun 1837] wfo-0000166726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia lucida Graham Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5511. [1831-32] wfo-0001053506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia marginalis Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen. 62. 1837 [Jun 1837] wfo-0000165436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia marginalis subsp. longepedunculata Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 227. 1919 wfo-0000167573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia marginalis var. longepedunculata Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 898. 1904 wfo-0000167574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia martii var. martii wfo-0000179740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia microphylla (Chapm.) H.J.Rogers ex D.W.Hall & D.B.Ward Brittonia 38(4): 354. 1986 [30 Dec 1986] wfo-0001061075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia microphylla (Chapman) Hall & Ward wfo-0000184603
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia minutifolia Urb. Symb. Antill. (Urban). 2(2): 325. 1900 [20 Oct 1900] wfo-0000165437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia mollis Nutt. wfo-0000167577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia multiflora Robinson wfo-0000165438
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia neesii var. neesii wfo-0000179742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia pretiosa var. pretiosa wfo-0000179488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia retusa Rose wfo-0001248785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia rotundifolium f. pilosum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 282. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001325149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia rugosa S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. ser. 2, 4: 344. 1895 wfo-0001050937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia smallii H.J.Rogers ex Herndon Rhodora 83(835): 471 1981 wfo-0001055911
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia striata Jacq. wfo-0000184379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia tenuiflora var. tenuiflora wfo-0000192356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Galactia whitehornii S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 344 (1895) wfo-0000693695