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Polygalaceae
Sign in to saveThe Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 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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Polygalaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Fabales. The taxon is recognized as an accepted family in botanical classifications.
Records for this family are held by various institutions, including STDOM, CAS, and BRIT. Specimens have been documented in countries such as Mexico and the Philippines. The family has a common name, blåfjærfamilien, associated with its classification.
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Species
blåfjærfamilien
Polygalaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyPolygalaceae
General: and rbcL gene support the monophyly of Polygalaceae as well as its Appearance: Key to genera of Neotropical Polygalaceae 1. Flowers
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,256
- With media
- 446
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Collections
- STDOM, CAS, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines
Research
513 papers- Securidaca longipedunculata Fresen (Polygalaceae): a review of its ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacological properties and toxicology.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2015
- The complete chloroplast genome of Polygala tatarinowii (Polygalaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2025
- Mycoheterotrophic Epirixanthes (Polygalaceae) has a typical angiosperm mitogenome but unorthodox plastid genomes.Annals of botany · 2019
- Polygala tenuifolia willd. Extract alleviates LPS-induced acute lung injury in rats via TLR4/NF-κB pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome suppression.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2024
- Assessment of Polygala paniculata (Polygalaceae) characteristics for evolutionary studies of legume-rhizobia symbiosis.Journal of plant research · 2020
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon common name
- 远志科
- Commons category
- Polygalaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Polygalaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Polygalaceae
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Polygala
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Tribes and genera
- Fossils
- Systematics
- References
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ca. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.
The family was first described in 1809 by Johann Hoffmansegg and Johann Link. In 1896, Robert Chodat split it into three tribes. A fourth tribe was split off from the tribe Polygaleae in 1992. Under the Cronquist classification system, Polygalaceae were treated in a separate order of their own, Polygalales. Currently, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, the family belongs in Fabales.
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