Aethionema cordatum var. pichleri Boiss., Fl. Orient. Suppl.: 61. 1888.

Type: “Hab. in summis Olympi Bithyni ad latus meridionale (Pichler!)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “Bythinien. Auf den südliche Abhange des Mte. Olymp, bei Brussa ”, VI.1874 , Pichler s.n. (G-BOIS [G00330696]) . Syntypi: TURKEY: “ Auf steinigen Abhängen des Südseite am Mte. Olymp.”, VI .1874, Pichler s.n. (G-BOIS [G00330695]); “Auf den höchsten Jöchern des Mte Olymp bei Brussa”, VII.1873, Pichler 232 (G-BOIS [G00330697]) .

= Aethionema cordatum (Desf.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 350. 1867.

Note. – All three G-BOIS specimens have handwritten labels by Pichler in German, and although they differ in their exact locality data from the protologue, they were the only material studied by Boissier in his description of the variety, and a lectotype is designated from one of them.