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

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 5147.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 208, t. 214, f. 1. 1759.

Current name: Badiera penaea (L.) DC. ( Polygalaceae).

Note: Gillis (in Phytologia 32: 37. 1975) stated "Type: LINN, not seen" but there is no material in LINN annotated to suggest a link with this name.