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Where is the Polygalaceae family distributed?
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Fabales
A flowering stalk of yellow partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) in the eastern United States.
The Polygalaceae family, also known as the milkwort family, is distributed worldwide, with the notable exception of the Arctic and New Zealand.1