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Atroxima Balgoya Barnhartia Bredemeyera Carpolobia Comesperma Diclidanthera Epirixanthes Eriandra Monnina Monrosia Moutabea Muraltia Nylandtia Polygala Salmonia Securidaca |
The Polygalaceae or milkwort family is a family of plants in the order Fabales, with a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900-1000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala , the milkwort s.
Under the older Cronquist classification system, the Polygalaceae was treated in a separate order of its own, the Polygalales.
Fabales Plant families