Polygala major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Polygala major Jacq., Fl. Austriac. 5: 6(–7), t. 413. 1778.

Homotypic
- Polygala vulgaris var. major (Jacq.) Regel in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 516 (1862), nom. illeg. homonym. post.

Polygala major Webb in Iter Hispan.: 66 (1838), nom. illeg. homonym. post. vide Polygala boissieri Coss.in Notes Pl. Crit.: 100 (1851)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regionalː Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine
- Regionalː Central Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Hungary
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Southeastern Europe
  - Iran, Türkiye
- Regionalː Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus

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Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Polygala major in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Polygala major. Published online. Accessed: 21 February 2017. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Polygala major.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Polygala major in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-02-21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Polygala major. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 February 21. Reference page.
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