Brassica leptocarpa Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 392. 1867.

Type: “Hab. in Persiâ ad Hour-i-Sultan inter Ispahan et Teheran (Bunge!)” .

Holotypus: IRAN: “Hour-i-Sultan. Inter Isfahan et Teheran ”, V.1859, Bunge 92 (G-BOIS [G00332642]; iso-: GOET [GOET002721], P [P05383350]) .

= Brassica deflexa Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 87. 1842.

Notes. – The G-BOIS specimen is the sole material studied by Boissier to describe the species, and it should be recognized as the holotype .

HEDGE (1968) recognized B. leptocarpa as a subspecies of B. deflexa and distinguished it by having fruit 3–4.5 (vs to 6) cm long and horizontal or deflexed (vs deflexed) fruiting pedicels 4–9 (vs 10–18) mm long. In fact these continuous characters are not inherited in that combination, and there are divaricate fruits on pedicels to 22 mm long or reflexed fruits on pedicels to 5 mm long. For these reasons, and without detailed, populationbased studies, no infraspecific taxa are recognized in B. deflexa .