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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: 1351; 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)
232.0406 Genus Polygala L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 701 (1753)
Distribution: trop., subtropical and temp. regions of the Old World (86 South Africa). Most of the New World taxa of this still polyphyletic genus have recently been transferred into the split genus Senega. More will need transfer.
Species listed in database: 462; 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)
= Heterosamara Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 47 (1891)
= 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)
= Zoroxus Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 88 (1836)

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