Nanogalactia

Life-forms

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: Diocleeae
Genus: Nanogalactia
Species: N. brachystachys – N. heterophylla – N. pretiosa
Name

Nanogalactia L.P.Queiroz, Neodiversity 13(1): 79. (2020)

Type species: Nanogalactia heterophylla (Gillies ex Hook.) L.P.Queiroz, Neodiversity 13(1): 80. (2020)

References

de Queiroz, L.P., Oliveira, A.C. & Snak, C. 2020. Disentangling the taxonomy of the Galactia-Camptosema-Collaea complex with new generic circumscriptions in the Galactia clade (Leguminosae, Diocleae). Neodiversity 13(1): 56-94. DOI: 10.13102/neod.131.3 PDF Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Nanogalactia. Published online. Accessed: July 2 2022. Reference page.

Nanogalactia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). It includes three species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas. The species have a disjunct distribution – Texas to southwestern Mexico, Colombia, and northeastern and west-central Brazil through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay to northern Argentina.[1]

Nanogalactia brachystachys (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz – northern, central, and southwestern Mexico
Nanogalactia heterophylla (Gillies ex Hook.) L.P.Queiroz – Texas, northeastern and southwestern Mexico, Colombia, and Bolivia and southeastern Brazil through Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina
Nanogalactia pretiosa (Burkart) L.P.Queiroz – northeastern and west-central Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)

References

Nanogalactia L.P.Queiroz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.