Abstract:
Polygala affinis DC. was generally accepted as a
species endemic to South Africa and Namibia, occurring
from the Western Cape in the south and extending
northwards to Namibia and eastwards to the Eastern
Cape (see e.g. Harvey 1860 and Levyns 1955) until
Paiva (1998), in his treatment of the genus Polygala
L. in Africa, considered it to be a synonym of Polygala
scabra L., a name that was not listed in the main
regional revisions of the genus (Harvey 1860; Levyns
1955).
