Galega

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Galegeae
Genus: Galega
Sectiones: G. sect. Afrogalega – G. sect. Galega

Species: G. africana – G. assyriaca – G. battiscombei – G. cirujanoi – G. lindblomii – G. officinalis – G. orientalis – G. somalensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galega in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05. Reference page.

Name

Galega L. (1753)

Type species: G. officinalis L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Accorombona Endl., Gen. Pl. (Endlicher) Suppl. 1: 1427. 1841, nom. superfl.
Type species: A. tricolor (Hook.) Benth. ex Walp.
Callotropis G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 228. 1832; Calotropis Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 91, 93. 1903, orth. var., nom. illeg. non R.Br. (1809)
Type species: C. tricolor (Hook.) G.Don

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Eastern Africa
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Baltic States, Belgium, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, East European Russia, Ecuador, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, New York, New Zealand North, North European Russia, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, West Siberia, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 714.

Additional references

Gillett, J.B. 1963. Galega L. (Leguminosae) in Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 17: 81–85. Kew, London.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Galega in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. 05. Published online. Accessed: Jan 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Galega. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

العربية: مدرة
azərbaycanca: Çəpişotu
čeština: Jestřabina
English: Goat's rue
eesti: Kitsehernes
فارسی: شیرین بیان سا (سرده)
suomi: Vuohenherneet
français: Galéga
hornjoserbsce: Rutowka
magyar: Kecskeruta
հայերեն: Այծամորուք
ქართული: ხბოშუბლა
қазақша: Ешкібұршақ
norsk: Geitvikkeslekten
polski: Rutwica
русский: Козлятник
svenska: Getrutesläktet
українська: Козлятник
中文: 山羊豆属