Galax

From Ancient Greek γάλαξ (gálax, “a shellfish, probably rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum, syn. Mactra lactea)”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Diapensiaceae – beetleweed, wandplant, wandflower, native to forests of the eastern United States from Massachusetts to northern Alabama, especially the Appalachian Mountains.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Diapensiaceae - family

• (genus): Galax urceolata - sole species

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• Galax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Galax at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Galax at Encyclopedia of Life
• Galax at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Galax at USDA Plants database
• Galax at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Galax at Tropicos

Borrowed from translingual Galax, as in Galax urceolata, an evergreen groundcover plant found throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Galax

1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.