Polygala persicariifolia DC. [family POLYGALACEAE], Prodr. 1: 326, 64 (1824) as persicariaefolia; Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 331, t. 27/22–23 (1893); Petit in F.C.B. 7: 254 (1958); Exell in F.Z. 1, 1: 322, t. 57/16 (1960); F.P.U.: 52 (1962); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 55 (1994); Paiva in Fontqueria 50: 192, t. 36/g (1998); Gilbert in Fl. Eth. 2, 1: 184, fig. 24.3/7–10 (2000). Type: Nepal, Wallich s.n. (G-DC!, holo.)
Polygala figarina Webb [family POLYGALACEAE], Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt.: 31 (1854). Type: Ethiopia, Fazogl, Figari s.n. (FT!, holo.; P!, iso.)
Polygala hypericoides Webb [family POLYGALACEAE], Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt.: 31 (1854). Type: Sudan, Kordofan, Schimper s.n. (FT!, holo.)
Polygala granulata A.Rich. [family POLYGALACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 39 (1847). Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mt, Schimper 1225 (P!, holo.; BM!, E!, K!, M!, OXF!, W!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat var. densiflora [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Malawi, Shire Mt, Buchanan s.n. (BM!, lecto.)
Polygala persicariifolia (A.Rich.) Chodat var. granulata [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat forma latifolia [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Ethiopia, Matama, Schweinfurth 926 (G, lecto.; BM!, BREM!, G!, K!, W!, isolecto.)
Polygala punctulata Hochst. [family POLYGALACEAE], in Flora 29, Intell. 1(2): 30 (1841), nom. inval . Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mt, Schimper 20 (P!, holo.; K!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat var. punctulata [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mt, Schimper 20 (P!, holo.; K!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia Chodat forma fazogliana [family POLYGALACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 31(2): 333 (1893). Type: Ethiopia, sine loc., Figari s.n. (P!, holo.; FT!, iso.)
Polygala persicariifolia (Chodat) T.Durand & Schinz var. fazogliana [family POLYGALACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 242 (1898).
Polygala persicariifolia Lanza & Mattei forma macrophylla [family POLYGALACEAE], in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 8(1–3): 80 (1909). Type: Ethiopia, Amasen, Filfil, Lanza 148 (FT!, holo.)
Polygala spilophylla Steud. [family POLYGALACEAE], Nom. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 373 (1824), nom. nud.