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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Polygala

Hierarchical position of the Genus Polygala

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

Named members of the Genus Polygala

1	Species  aboriginum Small syn. Polygala polygama
2	Species  acanthoclada Gray
	3    Varietas  intricata Eastw. syn. Polygala intermontana
4	Species  alba Nutt.
	5    Varietas  suspecta S. Wats. syn. Polygala alba
6	Species  ambigua Nutt. common name: whorled milkwort
7	Species  arenicola Small, non Guerke syn. Polygala smallii
8	Species  balduinii Nutt.
	9    Varietas  balduinii common name: Baldwin's milkwort 10    Varietas  carteri (Small) R.R. Sm. & Ward common name: Carter's milkwort 11    Varietas  chlorgena Torr. & Gray syn. Polygala ramosa
12	Species  barbeyana Chod. common name: blue milkwort
13	Species  boykinii Nutt.
	14    Varietas  boykinii common name: Boykin's milkwort 15    Varietas  sparsifolia Wheelock common name: Boykin's milkwort 16    Varietas  suborbicularis R.W. Long syn. Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
17	Species  brevifolia Nutt. common name: littleleaf milkwort
18	Species  brizoides St.-Hil. syn. Polygala violacea
19	Species  californica Nutt. common name: California milkwort
20	Species  chapmanii Torr. & Gray common name: Chapman's milkwort
21	Species  corallicola Small syn. Polygala grandiflora var. angustifolia
22	Species  cornuta Kellogg
	23    Varietas  cornuta common name: Sierra milkwort 24    Subspecies  fishiae (Parry) Munz syn. Polygala cornuta var. fishiae 25    Varietas  fishiae (Parry) Jepson common name: Sierra milkwort 26    Subspecies  pollardii (Munz) Munz syn. Polygala cornuta var. fishiae 27    Varietas  pollardii Munz syn. Polygala cornuta var. fishiae
28	Species  cowellii (Britt.) Blake common name: violet tree
29	Species  crenata C.W. James common name: scalloped milkwort
30	Species  crotalarioides Buch.-Ham. ex DC. common name: polygala
31	Species  crucianelloides DC. common name: Caribbean milkwort
32	Species  cruciata L. common name: cross-leave milkwort
	33    Varietas  aquilonia Fern. & Schub. common name: drumheads 34    Varietas  cruciata common name: drumheads 35    Varietas  cuspidata (Hook. & Arn.) Wood syn. Polygala cruciata var. cruciata
36	Species  cumulicola Small syn. Polygala grandiflora var. grandiflora
37	Species  curtissii Gray common name: Curtiss' milkwort
38	Species  cymosa Walt. common name: tall pinebarren milkwort
39	Species  eucosma S.F. Blake
40	Species  fishiae Parry syn. Polygala cornuta var. fishiae
41	Species  flagellaris Small syn. Polygala boykinii var. sparsifolia
42	Species  glandulosa Kunth common name: glandular milkwort
43	Species  glochidiata Kunth common name: tropical milkwort
44	Species  grandiflora Walt.
	45    Varietas  angustifolia Torr. & Gray common name: showy milkwort 46    Varietas  grandiflora common name: showy milkwort 47    Varietas  leiodes Blake syn. Polygala grandiflora var. angustifolia
48	Species  harperi Small syn. Polygala mariana
49	Species  hecatantha Urban common name: West Indian milkwort
50	Species  hemipterocarpa Gray common name: winged milkwort
51	Species  heterorhyncha (Barneby) T. Wendt common name: beaked spiny polygala
52	Species  hookeri Torr. & Gray common name: Hooker's milkwort
53	Species  incarnata L. common name: procession flower
54	Species  intermontana T. Wendt common name: Intermountain milkwort
55	Species  leptocaulis Torr. & Gray common name: swamp milkwort
56	Species  leptostachys Shuttlw. ex Gray common name: Georgia milkwort
57	Species  lewtonii Small common name: Lewton's milkwort
58	Species  lindheimeri Gray
	59    Varietas  lindheimeri common name: shrubby milkwort 60    Varietas  parvifolia Wheelock common name: shrubby milkwort
61	Species  longa Blake syn. Polygala barbeyana
62	Species  longicaulis Kunth common name: longstem milkwort
63	Species  lutea L. common name: orange milkwort
64	Species  macradenia Gray common name: glandleaf milkwort
65	Species  maravillasensis Correll common name: Maravillas milkwort
66	Species  mariana P. Mill. common name: Maryland milkwort
67	Species  miamiensis Small ex Blake syn. Polygala grandiflora var. angustifolia
68	Species  minutifolia auct. non Rose syn. Polygala nudata
69	Species  monticola Kunth
	70    Varietas  brizoides (St.-Hil.) Steyermark syn. Polygala violacea
71	Species  nana (Michx.) DC. common name: candyroot
72	Species  nitida Brandeg.
	73    Varietas  goliadensis T. Wendt common name: shining milkwort 74    Varietas  tamaulipana T. Wendt common name: shining milkwort
75	Species  northropiana R.N. Banerjee syn. Polygala boykinii var. sparsifolia
76	Species  nudata Brandeg. common name: smallflower milkwort
77	Species  nuttallii Torr. & Gray common name: Nuttall's milkwort
78	Species  obscura Benth. common name: velvetseed milkwort
79	Species  orthotricha Blake syn. Polygala obscura
80	Species  ovatifolia Gray common name: eggleaf milkwort
81	Species  palmeri S. Wats. common name: Palmer's milkwort
82	Species  paniculata L. common name: orosne
83	Species  paucifolia Willd. common name: gaywings
84	Species  penaea L.
	85    Subspecies  portoricensis (Britt.) Gillis common name: crevajosa
86	Species  piliophora Blake common name: Huachuca Mountain milkwort
87	Species  planellasii Molinet & Maz
88	Species  polygama Walt.
	89    Varietas  obtusata Chod. syn. Polygala polygama 90    Varietas  ramulosa Farw. syn. Polygala polygama
91	Species  portoricensis (Britt.) Blake syn. Polygala penaea ssp. portoricensis
92	Species  praetervisa Chod. syn. Polygala boykinii var. sparsifolia
93	Species  pretzii Pennell syn. Polygala verticillata var. verticillata
94	Species  racemosa Blake syn. Polygala barbeyana
95	Species  ramosa Ell. common name: low pinebarren milkwort
96	Species  ramosior (Nash) Small syn. Polygala cruciata var. cruciata
97	Species  rectipilis Blake common name: New Mexico milkwort
98	Species  reducta Blake syn. Polygala barbeyana
99	Species  rimulicola Steyermark
	100    Varietas  mescalerorum T. Wendt & T.K. Todsen common name: Mescalero milkwort 101    Varietas  rimulicola common name: Steyermark's milkwort
102	Species  rugelii Shuttlw. ex Chapman common name: yellow milkwort
103	Species  rusbyi Greene common name: Rusby's milkwort
104	Species  sanguinea L. common name: purple milkwort
105	Species  scoparioides Chod. common name: broom milkwort
106	Species  senega L. common name: Seneca snakeroot
	107    Varietas  latifolia Torr. & Gray syn. Polygala senega
108	Species  setacea Michx. common name: coastalplain milkwort
109	Species  smallii R.R. Sm. & Ward common name: tiny milkwort
110	Species  subspinosa S. Wats.
	111    Varietas  heterorhyncha Barneby syn. Polygala heterorhyncha
112	Species  tenuiloba Blake common name: slenderlobe milkwort
113	Species  tweedyi Britt. ex Wheelock syn. Polygala lindheimeri var. parvifolia
114	Species  verticillata L.
	115    Varietas  ambigua (Nutt.) Wood syn. Polygala ambigua 116    Varietas  dolichoptera Fern. syn. Polygala ambigua 117    Varietas  isocycla Fern. common name: whorled milkwort 118    Varietas  sphenostachya Pennell syn. Polygala verticillata var. isocycla 119    Varietas  verticillata common name: whorled milkwort
120	Species  violacea Aubl. common name: violet milkwort
121	Species  viridescens L. syn. Polygala sanguinea
122	Species  vulgaris L. common name: milkwort
123	Species  watsonii Chod. common name: Watson's milkwort

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

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