Polygala scabra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 703. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5141.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot.: t. 440, f. 6. 1705; Almag. Mant.: 153. 1700; [icon] in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 204, t. 73, f. 4. 1739.

Current name: Polygala scabra L. ( Polygalaceae).

Note: Paiva (in Fontqueria 50: 268. 1998) wrongly indicated unspecified material in G as the holotype (presumably Burman material linked to the cited figure).