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December 2023

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genus

Polygala L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 701 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000030736.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 701. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Polygala

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Anthalogea	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 88 (1838)	wfo-4000002374
Brachytropis	Rchb.	Consp. 120. 1828.	wfo-4000005285
Galypola	Nieuwl.	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3(7): 179–180. 1914.	wfo-4000015263
Isolophus	Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 112. 1839.	wfo-4000019286
Microlophium	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2 17: 195. 1869.	wfo-4000024147
Pilostachys	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 89 (1838)	wfo-4000029710
Pilostaxis	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 87, 89, 111 (1838)	wfo-4000029711
Plostaxis	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 87 (1838)	wfo-4000030412
Senega	Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 128. 1839.	wfo-4000035066
Sexilia	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 87. 1836[1838].	wfo-4000035220
Tricholophus	Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 114. 1839.	wfo-4000039003
Senegaria	Raf.	Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 6: 264 (1834)	wfo-4000045219

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Polygala:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Polygala unr. Decurrentes	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2, 2): 197 1893		wfo-1200041238
Polygala unr. Galioideae	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2, 2): 127 1893		wfo-1200041239
Polygala unr. Incarnatae	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2, 2): 185 1893		wfo-1200041199
Polygala unr. Nudicaules	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2, 2): 205 1893		wfo-1200041200
Polygala unr. Tenues	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2, 2): 214 1893		wfo-1200041201
Polygala unr. Trichospermae	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2, 2): 170 1893		wfo-1200041211
Polygala abyssinica var. intercedens	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1927		wfo-0001394293
Polygala acerosa	E.Mey.	Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 212 (1843)		wfo-0000484056
Polygala acutifolia	L.	Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1154. 1759 [7 Jun 1759]		wfo-0000484000
Polygala acutifolia	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 370.		wfo-0000483999
Polygala acutifolia	Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(1): 128. 1838 [Jul 1838]		wfo-0000484039
Polygala adenophylla var. obovata	A.W.Benn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 30. 1874 [1 Apr 1874]		wfo-0001396042
Polygala alba var. alcalina	Chodat	Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(3): 122. 1895 [Mar 1895]		wfo-0001396043
Polygala alba var. brachystachya	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 136. 1893		wfo-0001396044
Polygala alba var. leptostachya	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 137. 1893		wfo-0001396045
Polygala alba var. mexicana	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 137. 1893		wfo-0001396046
Polygala alba var. schaffneri	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 137. 1893		wfo-0001396047
Polygala alba var. suspecta	S.Watson	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 416. 1886		wfo-0001396048
Polygala alpestris var. valdarnensis	Fiori	Sched. Fl. Ital. Exs. ser. 2, n. 1099. 1909		wfo-0001400445
Polygala alphonsii	Wall.	Numer. List : n.º 4179 (1831)		wfo-0000484018
Polygala alpina var. ansotana	P.Monts. & L.Villar	Doc. Phytosoc. 914: 213. 1975		wfo-0001401136
Polygala amaniensis	Gürke ex Chodat	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48(1-2): 311. 1912 [27 Feb 1912]		wfo-0000484049
Polygala amarella var. salsa	Degen ex Soó	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 18(1-2): 173. 1973		wfo-0001401137
Polygala amblyptera	F.Schultz	Flora 20(2): 751. 1837		wfo-0000484025
Polygala americana f. viridula	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 48. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]		wfo-0001324945
Polygala americana var. caracasana	(Kunth) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 48. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]		wfo-0001396049
Polygala americana var. glabrescens	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 48. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]		wfo-0001396050
Polygala americana var. hebecarpa	(DC.) A.W.Benn.	J. Bot. 17: 139. 1879		wfo-0001396051
Polygala angulata var. diffusa	A.W.Benn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 41. 1874 [1 Apr 1874]		wfo-0001396052
Polygala angustifolia f. ramosa	Chodat	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 54: 244. 1897 Name only		wfo-0001324365
Polygala angustifolia var. scandens	(Mukerjee) G.S.Giri & R.N.Banerjee	Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26(1-2): 3. 1985 [1984 publ. 1985]		wfo-0001402018
Polygala appressa var. insularis	Chodat	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 331. 1916		wfo-0001396053
Polygala arabica	Edgew.	J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16(2): 1213. 1847		wfo-0000484451
Polygala ardisioides	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4178. 1831		wfo-0000484453
Polygala areguensis f. minor	Chodat	Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 3: 58. 1902		wfo-0001324366
Polygala arenaria	Oliv.	Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 128. 1868 [Oct 1868]		wfo-0001100683
Polygala arillata var. purpurascens	C.B.Clarke ex Mukherji	Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 12: 32. 1958		wfo-0001398793
Polygala arnottiana	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 370. 1841		wfo-0000484480
Polygala arvensis var. hirsuta	(Mukerjee) Deb	Fl. Tripura State 1: 248 (1981):.		wfo-0001401670
Polygala arvensis var. latifolia	(Chodat) Bennet & Raizada	Indian Forester 109(4): 221. 1983		wfo-0001401744
Polygala arvensis var. obovata	Benth.	Flora Australiensis 1 1863		wfo-0001394299
Polygala arvensis var. squarrosa	Benth.	Flora Australiensis 1 1863		wfo-0001394304
Polygala arvensis var. stenosepala	Benth.	Flora Australiensis 1 1863		wfo-0001394307
Polygala aspalata var. comosa	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 295. 1893		wfo-0001396054
Polygala atropurpurea var. exappendiculata	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 206. 1893		wfo-0001396055
Polygala attenuata	G.Lodd.	Bot. Cab. 10(10): t. 1000. 1825 [Aug 1825]		wfo-0000484470
Polygala attenuata	G.Lodd. ex G.Don	Gen. Hist. 1: 351. 1831 [Aug 1831]		wfo-1200010060
Polygala attenuata	Hook.	J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 195. 1834		wfo-0000484444
Polygala aurata	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 20 (1909)		wfo-0000484408
Polygala axillaris	Poir.	Encycl. 5: 489 (1804)		wfo-0000484412
Polygala azizsancarii	Dönmez	Phytotaxa 340(3): 256. 2018		wfo-1000006424
Polygala balduinii var. chlorogena	Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(1): 129. 1838 [Jul 1838] (as Baldwinii var. chlorgena)		wfo-0001396056
Polygala bellidifolia	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 2: 5. 1876		wfo-0000484406
Polygala bennettii	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 30, pt. 2, no. 8: 113, t. 32. 1889		wfo-0000484401
Polygala berlandieri var. bogotensis	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 176. 1893		wfo-0001396057
Polygala bicornis	H.Perrier	Bull. Acad. Malgache 1931, n. s. xiv. 8 (1932).		wfo-0000484440
Polygala bocainensis var. bocainensis	–	–	—	wfo-0001319882
Polygala bolbothrix	Dunn	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916(3): 63. [15 May 1916]		wfo-0000484529
Polygala bolbothrix var. devicolamensis	(Mukerjee) R.N.Banerjee & N.P.Balakr.	Fl. Kerala 1: 294. 2005 [15 Dec 2005]		wfo-0001400045
Polygala bolbothrix var. pulniensis	(Mukerjee) R.N.Banerjee & N.P.Balakr.	Fl. Kerala 1: 294. 2005 [15 Dec 2005]		wfo-0001400046
Polygala boykinii var. suborbicularis	R.W.Long	Rhodora 72: 19. 1970		wfo-0001396058
Polygala brachiata	Rchb. ex A.W.Benn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 39. 1874 [1 Apr 1874]		wfo-0000484555
Polygala brachypetala	Wallr.	Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 246 (Quid ?). 1840		wfo-0000484559
Polygala brachypoda	Tod.	Nuov. Gen. Sp. 54. 1861		wfo-0000484557
Polygala bracteoglandulosa	Chodat ex Grondona	Darwiniana ix. 32 (1949).		wfo-0000484546
Polygala brasiliensis var. confertifolia	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 274. 1893		wfo-0001396059
Polygala brasiliensis var. cordata	A.W.Benn.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 40. 1874 [1 Apr 1874]		wfo-0001396060
Polygala bringelii	J.F.B.Pastore & Antar	Eur. J. Taxon. 762: 135. 2021		wfo-1000028497
Polygala bryoides var. abietina	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 249. 1893		wfo-0001396061
Polygala bryoides var. major	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 249. 1893		wfo-0001396062
Polygala burmanni	Eckl. & Zeyh.	Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 21. [Dec 1834-Mar 1835]		wfo-0000484527
Polygala calcarea subsp. somedana	(M.Laínz) Penas	Taxon 40(4): 615 (1991):.		wfo-0001369099
Polygala calliptera	Rouy & Foucaud	Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 3: 63. 1896 [Jul-Aug 1896]		wfo-0000484483
Polygala capillifolia	Desf. ex DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 327. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]		wfo-0000484506
Polygala capitata	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 163. 1894		wfo-0000484500
Polygala capitolensis	J.F.B.Pastore	Syst. Bot. 46(4): 989. 2021		wfo-1000028498
Polygala carpatica	Woł.	Spraw. Komis. Fizjogr. 22: 216. 1888		wfo-0000484512
Polygala carphoides var. sublatifolia	Chodat	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31, pt. 2, no. 2: 159. 1893		wfo-0001396063
Polygala caurensis	Chodat	–	—	wfo-0001100116
Polygala cernua	Eckl. & Zeyh.	Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 22. [Dec 1834-Mar 1835]		wfo-0000484501
Polygala ceylanica	B.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4183. 1831		wfo-0000484504
Polygala chamaepitys	Chodat	–	—	wfo-0001100117
Polygala chinensis var. dissitiflora	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1927		wfo-0001394308
Polygala chinensis var. linariifolia	(Willd.) Chodat	–	—	wfo-1200041334
Polygala chinensis var. normalis	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1927		wfo-0001394313
Polygala chinensis var. orbicularis	(Benth.) Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1927		wfo-0001394321
Polygala chinensis var. squarrosa	(Benth.) Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1927		wfo-0001394326
Polygala chinensis var. stenosepala	(Benth.) Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1927		wfo-0001394330
Polygala comosa var. alibotuschiense	(Degen & Dren.) Kožuharov & Petrova	Fl. Narodna Republ. Bulg. 7: 208. 1979		wfo-0001401139
Polygala comosa var. comosa	–	–	—	wfo-0001443439
Polygala congoensis	Gürke	in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 295, nomen.		wfo-0000484303
Polygala corbariensis	Rouy & Foucaud	Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 3: 77. 1896 [Jul-Aug 1896]		wfo-0000484308
Polygala cornuta var. fishiae	(Parry) Jeps.	Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 594. 1925		wfo-0001396064
Polygala cornuta var. pollardii	Munz	Aliso 4: 93. 1958		wfo-0001396065
Polygala corsica	Boreau	Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 1: 87 (1857)		wfo-0000484294
Polygala coryfolia	Müll.Berol.	Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 7(2): 248. 1868 [Aug-Dec 1868]		wfo-0000484292
Polygala corymbosa	Nutt.	Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 89. 1818 [14 Jul 1818]		wfo-0000484296
Polygala crotalloides	Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 36, sphalm. 1834 [10 Oct 1834]		wfo-0000484249
Polygala cruciata subsp. aquilonia	(Fernald & B.G.Schub.) A.Haines	Stantec Bot. Notes 13(add.): 1. 2010 [14 Sep 2010]		wfo-0001368076
Polygala cucullata	Newb.	in Pacif. Rail. Rep. vi. 70.		wfo-0000484239