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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Polygalaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Polygalaceae

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

Named members of the Family Polygalaceae

1	Genus  Acanthocladus Klotzsch ex Hassk. syn. Polygala L.
2	Genus  Atroxima Stapf
3	Genus  Badiera DC.
4	Genus  Balgoya Morat & Meijden
5	Genus  Barnhartia Gleason
6	Genus  Bredemeyera Willd.
7	Genus  Carpolobia G.Don
8	Genus  Comesperma Labill.
9	Genus  Diclidanthera Mart. pub. (1827)
10	Genus  Epirhizanthes Blume
11	Genus  Eriandra P.Royen & Steenis
12	Genus  Eystathes Lour. syn. Xanthophyllum Roxb.
13	Genus  Hualania Phil. syn. Bredemeyera Willd.
14	Genus  Monnina Ruiz & Pav.
15	Genus  Monrosia Grondona syn. Polygala L.
16	Tribus  Moutabeeae Chodat in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 4: 329. Jul 1896.
	17    Genus  Moutabea Aubl. pub. (1775)
18	Genus  Mundia Kunth syn. Nylandtia Dumort.
19	Genus  Muraltia DC.
20	Genus  Nylandtia Dumort.
21	Genus  Phlebotaenia Griseb.
22	Subfamilia  Polygaloideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 46. Apr-Mai 1836.
	23    Tribus  Polygaleae Fr. pub. Fl. Scan.: 35, 38. 1835.      24    Genus  Polygala L. pub. (1753) common name: polygala
25	Genus  Salomonia Lour.
26	Genus  Securidaca L. common name: securidaca

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.

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