Polygalaceae

Polygala Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 701 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Føroyar, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bismarck Archipelago, California, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Marquesas, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Is., Oregon, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., St.Helena, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is., Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chodat Monogr. Polygal. 1 (1891) .1
  • —F.T.A. 1: 125

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 315 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 701 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Paiva in Fontqueria 50 (1998).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fontqueria 50: I–VI, 1–346, tab. 1–52 (1998)
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 701 (1753) & Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 315 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Harley, R.M. [25812], Brazil K001133800 Yes
Collenette [2351], Malaysia 54047.000 No
Rico, L. [1290], Bolivia K000295038 No
Rico, L. [1738], Armenia K000297302 No
Rico, L. [2039], Mexico K000266010 No
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6815], Romania K000696728 No
Prance, G.T. [P/25047], Brazil K001133785 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2467], Brazil K001133794 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [1265], Brazil K001133803 Yes
Stannard, B. [PCD5533], Brazil K001133804 Yes
Harley, R.M. [15026], Brazil K001133806 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [1874], Brazil K001133788 Yes
Bau, B.B. [LAE 88471], New Guinea K000764369 No
Giulietti, A.M. [3251], Brazil K001133792 Yes
Eiten, G. [10081], Brazil K001133781 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [535], Brazil K001133796 Yes
Rico, L. [1735], Armenia K000297307 No
Irwin, H.S. [34760], Brazil K001133805 Yes
Lüdtke, R. [122], Brazil K001133799 Yes
Prance, G.T. [8473], Brazil K001133809 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [36334], Brazil K001133789 Yes
Mueller, F. [419], Brazil K001133782 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1397], Cameroon K000106224 No
Brunt, M.A. [554], Cameroon K000106228 No
Coradin, L. [6105], Brazil K001133801 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [886], Brazil K001130003 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54869], Brazil K001133807 Yes
Rico, L. [2265], Syria K000764209 No
Brooks, R.R. [503], Brazil K001133797 Yes
Rico, L. [1602], Bolivia K000295222 No
Rico, L. [1419], Bolivia K000295407 No
Giulietti, A.M. [1556], Brazil K001133786 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [2792], Brazil K001133798 Yes
Lucas, E.J. [587], Brazil K001130007 Yes
Prance, G.T. [25028], Brazil K001133784 Yes
Eiten, G. [6187], Brazil K001133787 Yes
Gasson, P. [6055], Brazil K001133783 Yes
Rico, L. [1590], Bolivia K000295202 No
Irwin, H.S. [32707], Brazil K001133790 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [3004], Brazil K001133793 Yes
Martius [1191], Brazil K001133791 Yes
Rico, L. [1795], Armenia K000297290 No
Harley, R. [PCD3281], Brazil K001133802 Yes
Labat, J.N. [3632], Madagascar K001208116 No
Harley, R.M. [25698a], Brazil K001133808 Yes
Figueiredo, C. [946], Brazil K001133795 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/