Polygalaceae

Polygalaceae
Securidaca longipedunculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Tribes and Genera
Carpolobieae Eriksen Atroxima Carpolobia Moutabeae Chodat Balgoya Barnhartia Diclidanthera Eriandra Moutabea Polygaleae Chodat Acanthocladus Ancylotropis Badiera Bredemeyera Comesperma Epirixanthes Monnina Muraltia Polygala Salomonia Securidaca Xanthophylleae Chodat Xanthophyllum Incertae Sedis Monrosia Nylandtia †Paleosecuridaca
Distribution of the Polygalaceae.

The Polygalaceae (syn. Diclidantheraceae, Moutabeaceae, Xanthophyllaceae) or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.

Under the Cronquist classification system, Polygalaceae were treated in a separate order of their own, Polygalales. Currently, according to the APG, the family belongs in Fabales.

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