Browne, P. (10 March 1756), The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica: 298 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (1839), De Leguminosarum generibus commentationes. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 127 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 254 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 41 [secondary reference]

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Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 326 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the Greek gala, galaktos, milk: the stems of some species are said to contain a milky sap.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 480 [secondary reference]

Baudet, J.C. (1978), Prodrome d'une classificaiton generique des Papilionaceae - Phaseoleae. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48: 212 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Galactia pendula Pers.

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 169 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 121 [secondary reference]

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Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 222-223 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 82 [secondary reference]

Holland, A.E. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Galactia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 573 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 211 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 348 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld

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