Clutia polygonoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1475. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 7530.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1206.4 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 1206.5 (LINN); [icon] in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 118, t. 43, f. 3. 1739; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 23, f. 7. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 107. 1696.

Current name: Clutia polygonoides L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: See discussion of the cited Burman figure, and 1206.4 and 1206.5 (LINN) by Prain (in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 375-378. 1913).