Galega maxima (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1172. 1759.

["Habitat in Zeylona."] Sp. Pl. 2: 752 (1753). RCN: 5564.

Basionym: Cracca maximal L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Gillett in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Leguminosae 3: 201. 1971): Herb. Hermann 3: 56, No. 300 (BM-000594698) .

Current name: Tephrosia maxima (L.) Pers. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).