Diclidantheraceae
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Polygalaceae
Securidaca longipedunculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Polygalaceae R.Br.
Genera
Atroxima Balgoya Barnhartia Bredemeyera Carpolobia Comesperma Diclidanthera Epirixanthes Eriandra Monnina Monrosia Moutabea Muraltia Nylandtia Polygala Salmonia Securidaca

The Polygalaceae (syn. Diclidantheraceae, Moutabeaceae, Xanthophyllaceae) or Milkwort family is a family 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, the Polygalaceae was treated in a separate order of its own, the Polygalales.

External links

• TSN 29301. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Polygalaceae
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