Polygaloideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Polygaloideae

candyroot
milkwort
polygala
procession flower
violet tree

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Polygaloideae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Geranianae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Polygalales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Polygalineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 461. 15 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Polygalaceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 542. 19 Jul 1814.
common name: Milkworts
  
   Subfamilia  Polygaloideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 46. Apr-Mai 1836.
  

Named members of the Subfamily Polygaloideae

1
   Tribus  Polygaleae Fr.
pub. Fl. Scan.: 35, 38. 1835.
  
 
2
   Genus  Polygala L.
pub. (1753)
common name: polygala
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

For an index to other topics see

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