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|accepted_name=Galenia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 359. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 169. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Galenia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Galenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Claudius Galenius, a.d. 130–200, Roman physician and writer on medicine
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 77, 7
|treatment_page=page 78
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>[herbs or shrubs], perennial. <b>Roots</b> fibrous. <b>Stems</b> ± prostrate, semiwoody at base, with vesicular, peltate, hairlike scales. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, alternate [opposite], sessile; stipules absent; blade flat, margins entire; earlier leaves larger within 1 growing season. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, flowers solitary, sessile; bracts absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, inconspicuous, 2–3 mm diam.; calyx tubular; calyx lobes [4 or]5, white, pink, or yellow, linear, oblong, or lanceolate-oblong; petals and petaloid staminodia absent; nectary glands absent; stamens 10, paired, pairs alternating with calyx lobes; pistil 2–5-carpellate; ovary superior, 2–5-loculed, angled; placentation apical-axile; ovule 1 per locule, with long funicles; styles 2–5; stigmas 2–5. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, 3–5-angled, leathery, apex 3–5-lobed, truncate, dehiscence loculicidal at apex of angles. <b>Seeds</b> 2–5, black, ribbed, triangular to compressed and reniform, 1 mm, shiny, tuberculate; arils absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=s Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 27 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The two species of <i>Galenia</i> introduced in the flora belong to subgenus Kolleria (C. Presl) Frenzl as emended by R. S. Adamson (1956; 21 spp.). Kolleria is characterized by alternate, obovate leaves over 5 mm wide, four or five perianth segments, and four or five styles.</p><!--
--><p>The key below is adapted from A. Prescott (1984).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=adamson1956a
|text=Adamson, R. S. 1956. The South African species of Aizoaceae III. Galenia L. J. S. African Bot. 22: 87–127.
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|id=prescott1984a
|text=Prescott, A. 1984. Galenia. In: R. Robertson et al., eds. 1981+. Flora of Australia. 23+ vols. Canberra. Vol. 4, pp. 50–52.
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves and stems gray-green; younger stems with sparse, closely appressed scales, 0.5 mm; calyx lobes white to pink adaxially; styles 5
|[[Galenia pubescens|Galenia pubescens]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves and stems gray-white; younger stems with abundant, loosely appressed scales, 1.5 mm; calyx lobes white to yellow adaxially; styles usually 4
|[[Galenia secunda|Galenia secunda]]
|}
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name=Galenia
|author=Nancy J. Vivrette
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=s Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=adamson1956a;prescott1984a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Galenia
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