Galactia filiformis (Jacq.) Benth. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Galactia filiformis (Jacq.) Benth.

Summary

Genus:

Galactia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Diocleinae

Nomen number:

70939

Place of publication:

Comm. legum. gen. 63. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:127. 1839)

Verified:

10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (2 active, 1 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Galega filiformis Jacq.

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Reference(s)

Burkart, A. 1971. El género Galactia (Leguminosae-Phaseoleae) en Sudamérica con especial referencia a la Argentina y paises vecinos. Darwiniana 16:720.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Moscoso, R. M. Catalogus florae domingensis. 1943

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70939. Accessed 18 July 2025.