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Vernacular names of plants within the Tribe Polygaleae

Hierarchical position of the Tribe Polygaleae

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.

Named members of the Tribe Polygaleae

1	Genus  Polygala L. pub. (1753) common name: polygala

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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