Heisteria pungens P.J. Bergius, Descr. Pl. Cap.: 185. 1767.

RCN: 5153.

Replaced synonym: Polygala heisteria L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Wijnands in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 52. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 352, Heisteria 1 (BM-000646524) .

Generitype of Heisteria Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Muraltia heisteria (L.) DC. ( Polygalaceae).

Note: Heisteria Linnaeus (1758), nom. rej. in favour of Heisteria Jacq. (1760) ( Olacaceae), nom. cons.