Heterosamara

Heterosamara tatarinowii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Heterosamara
Speciesː ̺H. arcuata – ̺H. bennae – H. cabrae – H. carrissoana – H. galpinii – H. mannii – H. tatarinowii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Heterosamara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 07. Reference page.

Name

Heterosamara Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 47. 1891.

• Type species: non design.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Polygala sect. Pseudosemeiocardium Adema, Blumea 14(2): 256. 1966.
    • Type species: Polygala furcata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 76. 1834.
  • Polygala subg. Pseudosemeiocardium (Adema) Chrtek & Křísa, Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 124: 2. 1977.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Tropical Africa & Asia Angola, Assam, Cabinda, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page.  47

Additional references

• Castro, S., Silveira, P., Coutinho, A.P. & Paiva, J. 2008 ["2007"]. Heterosamara sect. Villososperma comb. nov. (Polygalaceae) from eastern Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 25: 286–293. DOI: 10.1111/j.0107-055X.2007.00155.x PDF Reference page. 
• Paiva, J.A.R. 1998. Polygalarum africanarum et madagascariensium prodromus atque gerontogaei generis Heterosamara Kuntze, a genere Polygala L. segregati et a nobis denuo recepti, synopsis monographica. Fontqueria 50: I–VI, 1–346. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Heterosamara. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 07 April 2019. Reference page. 
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Heterosamara in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 07. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Heterosamara.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Heterosamara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Heterosamara. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Heterosamara. Published online. Accessed: 07 April 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Heterosamara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 April 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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