Polygalaceae

Polygalaceae
Securidaca longipedunculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Polygalaceae
Hoffmanns. & Link[1]
Tribes and Genera
  • Carpolobieae Eriksen
    • Atroxima
    • Carpolobia
  • Moutabeae Chodat
    • Balgoya
    • Barnhartia
    • Diclidanthera
    • Eriandra
    • Moutabea
  • Polygaleae Chodat
  • Xanthophylleae Chodat
  • Incertae Sedis
Distribution of the Polygalaceae.
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The Polygalaceae (syn. Diclidantheraceae, Moutabeaceae, Xanthophyllaceae) or the Milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.

Under the Cronquist classification system, Polygalaceae were treated in a separate order of their own, Polygalales. Currently, according to the APG, the family belongs in Fabales.

References

  1. ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.

External links

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