Octoceras lehmannianum var. stocksianum Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 370. 1867.

Type: “Hab. in Belutschiâ prope Nichara (Stocks!), in Affghaniâ prope Quettah (Giff!)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): PAKISTAN: “Nichara”, 1851, Stocks 805 (G-BOIS [G00332579]; isolecto-: K [K000484421, K000484422, K000618651]) . Syntypi: AFGHANISTAN: sine loco, s.d., Griffith 1407 (P [P00741615]) ; “near Quettah”, s.d., Griffith 1506 (K [K000618650]) .

= Octoceras lehmannianum Bunge in Arbeiten Naturf. Vereins Riga 1: 172. 1847.

Notes. – The collection Griffith 1506 corresponds to number 427 in Griffith’s journal as indicated on K000618650.

The variety is said to have straight fruit spines as long as or longer than the fruit width, but these aspects of the spine are quite variable and not useful taxonomically.