Polygala spinescens Gillies in Hooker, Bot. Misc. 3: 146. 1833 Polygala spinescens Gillies in Hooker, Bot. Misc. 3: 146. 1833is earlier homonym of Polygala spinescens Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2, 3: 275. 1835This name is not assigned to any taxon.