Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Polygala obscura Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 58. 1840.

• Homotypic
  • Polygala obscura var. genuina S.F.Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 30(–31), t. 1, fig. 18. 1916, nom. illeg.

• Heterotypic
  • Polygala puberula A.Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 40(–41). 1852.
  • Polygala neomexicana Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16(4): 144. 1913.
  • Polygala orthotricha S.F.Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 31(–32). 1916.
  • Polygala vagans Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6(13): 365(–366). 1917.
  • Polygala laeta Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6(13): 366. 1917.
  • Polygala obscura var. macrophylla Chodat, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 58: 148. 1917.
  • Polygala piliophora S.F.Blake, N. Amer. Fl. 25(4): 320(–321). 1924.

Primary references

• Abbott, J.R. 2011. Notes on the disintegration of Polygala (Polygalaceae) with four new genera for the flora of North America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5: 125–137. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

• Bentham, G. 1839–1857. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis mexicanas adjectis nonnullis Grahamianis enumerat novasque describit Georgius Bentham. 393 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 

• Blake, S.F. 1924. Family 2. Polygalaceae. North American Flora 25: 305–379. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Abbott, J.R. & Pastore, J.F.B. 2015. Preliminary synopsis of the genus Hebecarpa (Polygalaceae). Kew Bulletin 70-39: 1–8. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-015-9589-2 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hebecarpa obscura. Published online. Accessed 07 April 2019.

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Hebecarpa obscura. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 April 07.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Hebecarpa obscura. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 07 April 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Hebecarpa obscura. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 07 April 2019.