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232.0000 Family Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portug. [Hoffmannsegg] 1: 62 (1809), nom. cons.
27 genera, ca. 1300 spp.
Species listed in database: 1331; hybrids: 4
= Diclidantheraceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 195 (1858), nom. cons.
= Moutabeaceae Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 2: 364 (1873)
= Xanthophyllaceae Gagnep. ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 12: 206 (1990)
232.0405 Genus Polygala L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 701 (1753)
Distribution: tropical, subtropical and temp. regions of the Old World (86 South Africa). Even after separation of the New World taxa, Polygala remains polyphyletic, and more genera are continuing to be spun off.
Species listed in database: 397; hybrids: 4
= Anthalogea Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 88 (1836)
= Brachytropis Rchb.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 120 (1828)
= Corymbula Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 88 (1836)
= Isolophus Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 7: 112 (1839)
= Microlophium Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 195 (1869)
= Phylax Noronha; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5: ed. I. Art. IV. 3 (1790)
= Plostaxis Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 87 (1836)
= Psychanthus Raf.; Specchio Sci. 1: 116 (1814)
= Semeiocardium Zoll.; Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 17: 245 (1858)
= Senegaria Raf.; Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 6: 264 (1834)
= Sexilia Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 87 (1836)
= Tricholophus Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 7: 114 (1839)

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