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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-d0_s0" data-properties="subshrub duration"><b>Subshrubs </b>[herbs or shrubs], perennial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture"><b>Roots </b>fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem texture;scale architecture or shape or texture;scale architecture;scale shape"><b>Stems </b>± prostrate, semiwoody at base, with vesicular, peltate, hairlike scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, alternate [opposite], sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule count">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;margin architecture or shape">blade flat, margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="earlier leaf size;earlier leaf count">earlier leaves larger within 1 growing season.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers solitary, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract count">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower prominence;flower diameter"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, inconspicuous, 2–3 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="calyx shape">calyx tubular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="calyx lobe count;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe shape">calyx lobes [4 or] 5, white, pink, or yellow, linear, oblong, or lanceolate-oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="petal count;staminodium architecture;staminodium count">petals and petaloid staminodia absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="nectary gland count">nectary glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stamen count;stamen arrangement;stamen arrangement">stamens 10, paired, pairs alternating with calyx lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 2–5-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">ovary superior, 2–5-loculed, angled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture;ovary shape;ovary placentation">placentation apical-axile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="ovule count;funicle length or size">ovule 1 per locule, with long funicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="style count">styles 2–5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="stigma count">stigmas 2–5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule texture;apex shape;apex architecture or shape;apex dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, 3–5-angled, leathery, apex 3–5-lobed, truncate, dehiscence loculicidal at apex of angles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="seed count;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed some measurement;seed reflectance;seed relief"><b>Seeds </b>2–5, black, ribbed, triangular to compressed and reniform, 1 mm, shiny, tuberculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="aril count">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 Galenia 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>
|tables=
|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.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|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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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-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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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Galenia
|author=Nancy J. Vivrette
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=s Africa;Australia.
|reference=adamson1956a;prescott1984a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Galenia
|apex architecture or shape=truncate
|apex dehiscence=loculicidal
|apex shape=3-5-lobed
|aril count=absent
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|bract count=absent
|calyx lobe coloration=yellow;pink;yellow;pink;white
|calyx lobe count=5
|calyx lobe shape=lanceolate-oblong;oblong;lanceolate-oblong;oblong;linear
|calyx shape=tubular
|earlier leaf count=1
|earlier leaf size=larger
|flower architecture=sessile
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower diameter=2mm;3mm
|flower prominence=inconspicuous
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruits capsule shape=3-5-angled
|fruits capsule texture=leathery
|funicle length or size=long
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf position=cauline
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|nectary gland count=absent
|ovary architecture=2-5-loculed
|ovary placentation=apical-axile
|ovary position=superior
|ovary shape=angled
|ovule count=1
|petal count=absent
|pistil architecture=2-5-carpellate
|root texture=fibrous
|scale architecture=peltate
|scale architecture or shape or texture=vesicular
|scale shape=hairlike
|seed coloration=black
|seed count=2;5
|seed reflectance=shiny
|seed relief=tuberculate
|seed shape=reniform;triangular;compressed
|seed some measurement=1
|stamen arrangement=alternating;paired
|stamen count=10
|staminodium architecture=petaloid
|staminodium count=absent
|stem growth form or orientation=prostrate
|stem texture=semiwoody
|stigma count=2;5
|stipule count=absent
|style count=2;5
|subshrub duration=perennial
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