Polygala glaucoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 705. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 5159.

Lectotype ( Sumithra’arachchi in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 313. 1987): Herb. Hermann 3: 24, No. 270 (BM-000621889) .

Current name: Polygala glaucoides L. ( Polygalaceae).