Hebecarpa ovata (Poir.) Mota & J.F.B.Pastore comb. nov. (Figure 1).

= Polygala ovata Poir. (1804: 498) . Asemeia ovata (Poir.) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott (2012: 809) . Type:— DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Santo Domingo, Nectoux, s.n. (lectotype, designated here, P 00733335!, probable isolectotype G 00210848!)

= Polygala hebecarpa DC. (1824: 330) . Type:—Antilles [Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo?], Anonymous s.n. (lectotype, designated here, G 00210848! probable isolectotype P 00733335!)

= Hebecarpa costaricensis (Chodat) J.R.Abbott & J.F.B.Pastore (2015: 4) = Polygala costaricensis Chodat in T. Durand & Pittier (1892: 298). Type:— COSTA RICA. Llanos d’Alajuelita, 1 December 1889, Tonduz 1464 (Lectotype, here designated, G 00413733!; isolectotypes BR!, G 00413643!);

= Polygala sanctae-luciae Chodat (1893: 36) . Type:— SAINT LUCIA. Schwaegrichen s.n. (lectotype, here designated, M 00103105!).

= Polygala antillensis Chodat (1893: 33) . Type:— MARTINICA. “Morner à l’Est de Saint Pierre”, September 1853, Berlanger 621 (syntype P 00733322! syn nov. [not found in G].

= Polygala guatemalensis A. W. Benn. (1895: 108) . Type:— GUATEMALA. Alta Verapaz: Coban, Kurtz 298 (lectotype, designated here, K 000591018!, isolectotype G 00413648!).