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.

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

References

Phaseoleae
Fabaceae genera