Scientific name Polygalaceae Rank Family | ||
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The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 21 genera and ca. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.
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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.
Tribes and Genera
The Polygalaceae comprises the following genera:
Carpolobieae
Moutabeae
Polygaleae
Xanthophylleae
Fossils
Systematics
Modern molecular phylogenetics suggest the following relationships:
References
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