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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 701. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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General/Distribution: A large and difficult genus of about 600 species, distributed throughout the world except New Zealand, Polynesia and arctic zone; represented in West Pakistan by 8-10 species, unevenly distributed throughout the country, greater concentration of species being found in the Punjab and Kashmir.

 

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Annual or perennial herbs, glabrous or ± pubescent with simple unicel¬lular upcurved hairs. Leaves usually alternate, exstipulate. Racemes terminal or lateral. Sepals 5, usually persistent. Petals 3, ± united below. Stamens usually 8, ± united into a staminal sheath and adnate to the petals. Ovary 2-locular, ovule one in each loculus. Capsule 2-seeded, loculicidal, compressed. Seeds ± pilose, strophiole usually 3-lobed.
 

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1 Leaves subsessile, petiole 1-2 mm. Sepals persistent. Keel not split, crested. Capsule not rugose (2)
+ Leaves petiolate, petiole 3-10 mm. Sepals deciduous. Keel split at top, not crested. Capsule rugose Polygala tatarinowii
2 (1) Racemes predominantly lateral, shorter than leaves. Bracts persistent. Strophiolar append-ages 3, minute Or 1/3 as longs as the seed (3)
+ Racemes predominantly terminal, longer that leaves. Bracts caducous or deciduous, strophiolar appendages 2, minute or if 3 then 1/2 to 2/3 as long as the seed (5)
3 (2) Plant + pubescent with short curved hairs. Leaf margin recurved. Outer sepals + equal or upper slightly larger Than the lower. Strophiolar appendages minute (4)
+ Plant villous with long straight and short curved hairs. Left margin not recurved. Outer sepals very unequal; Upper twice as large as the lower. Strophiolar appendages 1/3 as long as the seed Polygala crotalarioides
4 (3) Leaves obtuse or acute. Racemes lax, not truncate. Inner sepals not falcate. Capsule pubescent with long Apical and marginal hairs Polygala erioptera
+ Leaves mucronate. Racemes dense, + truncate. Inner Sepals falcate. Capsule glabrous with cilialate margin Polygala arvensis
5 (2) Inner sepals not falcate. Strophiolar appendages 2, Minute (6)
+ Inner sepals falcate. Strophiolar appendages 3, 1/2 to 2/3 as long as the seed Polygala sibirica
6 (5) Racemes dense. Upper sepal twice as large as the Lower; veins of lateral sepals not anastomosing. Anthers Sessile. Capsule wing 1-2 mm
+ Racemes lax. Upper sepals slightly larger than the lower; veins of lateral sepals anastomosing. Anthers Not sessile. Capsule wing 0.5-0.75 mm (7)
7 (6) Bracts and sepals glabrous. Lateral petals much shorter than keel. Seed not crowned with bulbous hairs, trophiole 3-lobed Polygala abyssinica
+ Bracts and sepals hairy. Lateral petals equalling or longer than keel. Seed crowned with bulbous hairs, strophiole 2-lobed Polygala irregularis
 
 
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