Nomenclature: wfo-0001240219
![Kew Gardens K000279789: Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia Kew Gardens K000279789: Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/df1f72690d00d3750f87a6fd20707415.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000279790: Brown, R. [4972] Australia Kew Gardens K000279790: Brown, R. [4972] Australia](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/3bbcd4e03b9be363d8eb887cc5a6ff8f.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000356710: Mueller, F. [S.N.] Australia Kew Gardens K000356710: Mueller, F. [S.N.] Australia](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/5563949557881533ef1488d51b01b0c7.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592166: [Wight] [136] India Kew Gardens K000592166: [Wight] [136] India](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/6d9286899c212a15695d1ad987a28843.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592167: [Wight] [4175] India Kew Gardens K000592167: [Wight] [4175] India](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/33097c23f0f6b8b8b9cdc6a944468175.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592168: [Wight] [130] India Kew Gardens K000592168: [Wight] [130] India](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/28644747067c0a42965f34cc581c5a67.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592169: [Wight] [123] India Kew Gardens K000592169: [Wight] [123] India](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/2cd9c4fb82a69723faa48ab91d8cedb8.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592170: [Wallich] [4174] India Kew Gardens K000592170: [Wallich] [4174] India](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/4da31d2d741b0e9fac4560f941febb82.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592171: [Wallich] [4174] India Kew Gardens K000592171: [Wallich] [4174] India](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/7cac64d67c0c4b19cc40b4638d32be48.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000592298: Cunningham [250] Australia Kew Gardens K000592298: Cunningham [250] Australia](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/5e7277cf26606bc37320bcfaecbb3829.jpg)

Polygala chinensis Sp. Pl. : 704 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. 2: 704. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000279789: Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000279790: Brown, R. [4972] Australia Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000356710: Mueller, F. [S.N.] Australia Link to Syntype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592166: [Wight] [136] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592167: [Wight] [4175] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592168: [Wight] [130] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592169: [Wight] [123] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592170: [Wallich] [4174] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592171: [Wallich] [4174] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592298: Cunningham [250] Australia Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 691242-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record tro-50106551
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: tro-50106551
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Code > Plantae > Pteridobiotina > Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala > Polygala chinensis
Subtaxa
Synonyms
- Polygala thwaitesii
- Polygala socotrana
- Polygala sinensis
- Polygala varians
- Polygala tranquebarica
- Polygala toxoptera
- Polygala procumbens
- Polygala glomerata
- Polygala densiflora
- Polygala warburgii
- Polygala chinensis var. chinensis