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Polygalaceae (milkwort)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Polygalaceae

Taxonomy
Polygalaceae was named by von Hoffmannsegg and Link (1809). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polygalales by Mabberley (2000); to Fabales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016); and to Magnoliopsida by Prasad et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Polygalaceae von Hoffmannsegg and Link
2000Polygalaceae Mabberley
2016Polygalaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16
2017Polygalaceae Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyPolygalaceaevon Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809
familyPolygalaceaevon Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Polygalaceae von Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809 [milkwort]
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G. Polygala Linnaeus 1753 [milkwort]
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Polygala bracteolata Linnaeus 1753
Polygala chamaebuxus Linnaeus 1753
Polygala ciliata Linnaeus 1753
Polygala cruciata Linnaeus 1753
Polygala diversifolia Linnaeus 1753
Polygala glaucoides Linnaeus 1753
Polygala heisteria Linnaeus 1753
Polygala incarnata Linnaeus 1753
Polygala lutea Linnaeus 1753
Polygala monspeliaca Linnaeus 1753
Polygala myrtifolia Linnaeus 1753
Polygala penaea Linnaeus 1753
Polygala sanguinea Linnaeus 1753
Polygala scabra Linnaeus 1753
Polygala senega Linnaeus 1753
Polygala sibirica Linnaeus 1753
Polygala spinosa Linnaeus 1753
Polygala triflora Linnaeus 1753
Polygala verticillata Linnaeus 1753
Polygala viridescens Linnaeus 1753
Polygala vulgaris Linnaeus 1753
G. †Polygalacidites Sah and Dutta 1966
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Polygalacidites clarus Sah and Dutta 1966
G. Qualea Aublet 1775
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Qualea siwalica Prasad and Dwivedi 2008
G. Securidaca Linnaeus 1753
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Securidaca miocenica Prasad et al. 1997
Securidaca precorymbosa Prasad et al. 2017
Securidaca tertiaria Engelhardt 1907
Securidaca volubilis Linnaeus 1753
G. †Tubistephanocolpites Salami 1984
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G. Xanthophyllum Roxburgh 1820
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Xanthophyllum mioflavescens Antal and Prasad 1996
Xanthophyllum mioglaucum Prasad et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6South Sudan Tubistephanocolpites cylindricus (199972 199974 199975 199977)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0South Sudan Tubistephanocolpites cylindricus (199954 199955 199958)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Sudan Tubistephanocolpites cylindricus (199948)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Pakistan (Sindh) Polygalacidites clarus (237096 237105 237118 237119 237124 237157 237168 237175)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) Polygalacidites clarus (224708)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Pakistan (Punjab) Polygalacidites clarus (237262)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Nepal Securidaca miocenica, Qualea siwalica (222898)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58India (Tamil Nadu) Xanthophyllum cuddalorense (224633)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) Securidaca precorymbosa (224498) Xanthophyllum mioglaucum (224493)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Polygala sp. (232112 232144 232147)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Polygalaceae indet. (172873)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Polygala sp. (228811)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Polygala sibirica (228792)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Polygala sp. (228762)