Polygala monspeliaca

Taxonavigation

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

Polygala monspeliaca L., Sp. Pl. 2: 702 (1753).

Homotypic
- Polygala vulgaris var. monspeliaca (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 487 (1804).
- Tricholophus monspeliacus (L.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: {{BHL|page/31485173|116][–117] (1839) [1838].
Heterotypic
- Polygala acutifolia L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1154 (1759).
- Polygala glumacea Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 2(1): 52 (1813).
  - Polygala monspeliaca subsp. glumacea (Sm.) Gand., Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur.: 62 (1910).
- Polygala straminea C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. 1: 137(–138) (1826).
  - Polygala monspeliaca subsp. straminea (C.Presl) Gand., Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur.: 62 (1910).
- Polygala monspeliaca subvar. ramosa Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 84 (1896).
- Polygala monspeliaca subvar. simplex Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 83 (1896).
- Polygala monspeliaca var. angustisepala Sennen, Bull. Géogr. Bot. 21: 106 (1911).
- Polygala monspeliaca f. livida Cout., Fl. Portugal: 371 (1913).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.

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.
Paiva, J.A.R. 2015. Polygala. Pp. 418–442 in Castroviejo, S.†, Muñoz Garmendia, J.F., Navarro, C., Quintanar, A. & Buira, A. (eds.), Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. IX: Rhamnaceae – Polygalaceae. xlviii + 564 pp., Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-00-09986-2. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Polygala monspeliaca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Polygala monspeliaca. Published online. Accessed: 03 September 2017. Reference page.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Polygala monspeliaca. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 03 September 2017. Reference page.