Galtonia

thumb|First page of Decaisne's description, 1880 thumb|Galtonia princeps (Ornithogalum princeps), ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1914)

Galtonia is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Native to Southern Africa, the genus is named after Sir Francis Galton. According to some authorities it has been subsumed into Ornithogalum as a subgenus, while others prefer to keep it as a separate genus.