Polygala alba

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Polygala
Species: Polygala alba

Polygala alba Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 87. 1818.

• Homotypic
  • Asemeia alba (Nutt.) Raf., New Fl. Am. 4: 88 (1836)
• Heterotypic
  • Polygala senega var. tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 750. 1814 [1813]. (as Polygala Seneca var. γ. tenuifolia)
  • Polygala bicolor Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 394(–395), t. 507. 1822 [1823]. – non Polygala bicolor Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 290. 1825 [1829].
  • Polygala torreyi G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 360. 1831. (as P. Torreyi)
  • Polygala beyrichii Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 130(–131). 1838. (as P. Beyrichii)
  • Polygala alba var. suspecta S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 416. 1886.
  • Polygala alba var. bicolor (Kunth) Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 136. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. brachystachya Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 136. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. leptostachya Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 137. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. mexicana Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 137. 1893.
  • Polygala alba var. schaffneri Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 137. 1893. (as Schaffneri)
  • Polygala alba var. tenuifolia (Pursh) S.F.Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 86, t. 2, fig. 61. 1916.
  • Asemeia leptopsis Raf.
  • Polygala quadrangula C.Presl

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Polygala alba. Published online. Accessed: 28 July 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Polygala alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017-07-28.
• Polygala alba – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

• Tropicos.org 2017. Polygala alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 July 2017.

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