Polygala bracteolata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 702. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5141.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 353, Polygala 2 (BM) ; Herb. Linn. No. 98 (SBT); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 53, f. 2. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 300. 1696; [icon] in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 202, t. 73, f. 2. 1739; [icon] in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 203, t. 73, f. 3. 1739.

Current name: Polygala bracteolata L. ( Polygalaceae).

Note: Levyns (in J. S. African Bot. 21: 24. 1955) and Paiva (in Fontqueria 50: 273. 1998) wrongly indicated material (presumably sheet 882.12) in LINN as the type. However, this collection lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “5”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name.