Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Fabales - (Family) Polygalaceae

Phylogeny

Polyphyletic (poly)

Ref: B. Eriksen, 1993

Original position

Diadelphia Octandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Polygaleae (Tribe)

Current position

Polygaleae (Tribe)

Ref: B. Eriksen, 1993

Alternative positions

Diadelphia Octandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 701.
Polygalaceae (Family) Hoffmanns. & Link (1809), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 4 Sep 2011.
Polygaloideae (Subfamily)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 339.

Historical positions

Polygalaceae (Family) Hoffmanns. & Link (1809), nom. cons.	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 688. [rough position]
Polygalaceae (Family) Hoffmanns. & Link (1809), nom. cons.	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XXXVIII (footnote ‡). [implicit]
Polygaloideae (Subfamily)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 339.
Polygaleae (Tribe)	Ref: B. Eriksen, 1993
Polygalaceae (Family) Hoffmanns. & Link (1809), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 249.
Polygalaceae (Family) Hoffmanns. & Link (1809), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 437.
Diadelphia Octandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 701.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	354s