Tribe
Polygaleae
Rhinotropis californica. Photo: (c) Dan and Raymond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 21 genera and ca. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.
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