Fabaceae
Galactia
Galactia striata

Galactia striata var. villosa (Wight & Arn.) Verdc.

First published in Fl. Zambes. 3(5): 42 (2001)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a scrambling perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bolivia, Galápagos, Marianas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
King [s.n.] Uruguay Galactia sericea K000502876 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillies, J. [[D.P.a]] Argentina Galactia sericea K000502875 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillies, J. [s.n.] Argentina Galactia sericea K000502877 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 19, 1993 Henne [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora var. macrantha K000279344 Type Yes
Oesterd, A.S. [19] Nicaragua Galactia tenuiflora K001134733 Yes
Schultz [615] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279337 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Adokpo, C. [2927] Benin Galactia tenuiflora K001297802 Yes
Balslev, H.; Chamchumroom, V.; Saisorn, W.; Sumanon, P.; Suwanachat, S. [9879] Thailand Galactia tenuiflora K001765238 Yes
Rottler, J.P. [s.n.] India Galactia tenuiflora K000900323 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico Galactia tenuiflora K001134735 Yes
Rottler, J.P. [s.n.] India Galactia tenuiflora K000900324 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279345 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279347 Yes
Glaziou [10525] Brazil Galactia tenuiflora K000930451 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria Galactia tenuiflora K003976620 Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279342 Yes
MacGillivray [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279340 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279346 Yes
Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279348 Yes
Heyne, B.; Rottler, J.P. [s.n.] India Galactia tenuiflora K000900322 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glaziou [10526] Brazil Galactia tenuiflora K000930452 Yes
Burchell [2831] Brazil Galactia tenuiflora K000930453 Yes
MacGillivray [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279341 Yes
Sinclair (Hooker) [s.n.] Galactia tenuiflora K001134734 Yes
Heyne, B.; Rottler, J.P. [1798] Galactia tenuiflora K000900321 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacGillivray [s.n.] Australia Galactia tenuiflora K000279343 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5509] Glycine tenuiflora K001121132 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5509] Glycine tenuiflora K001121133 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5509] India Glycine tenuiflora K001121131 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] India Galactia villosa K000900327 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] India Galactia villosa K000900328 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.; Kirkbride Jr, J.H. [36984] Brazil Galactia striata var. tenuiflora K000206266 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [767] Brazil Galactia striata var. tenuiflora K000206268 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Pedra Cavalo, G.; Scardino; Noblick; Paranhos; Guedes; Queiroz, C.; Paganucci; Nascimento; Suely, N.; Guaglia [792] Brazil Galactia striata var. tenuiflora K000206267 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0