Aethionema grandiflorum var. parviflorum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 43. 1849.

Type: “Hab. in Persiâ Aucher No 342 et 4129A, in monte Elbrus propè Asadbar Kotschy No 455”.

Lectotypus (designated here): IRAN: sine loco, s.d., AucherEloy 342 (G-BOIS [G00332549]; isolecto-: K [K000618644], P [P00432313, P05434431]) . Syntypi: IRAN: sine loco, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 4129 A (G [G00446257], G-BOIS [G00332550], K [K000618645], P [P00432312, P0534429]) ; “Prope pagum Asadbar in partibus occidentalibus m. Elbrus”, 8.VII.1842, Kotschy 455 (G-BOIS [G00332551], LE [LE00012843]) .

= Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 42. 1849.

Note. – BOISSIER (1867a: 346) reduced this variety to synonymy of Aethionema pulchellum, under which he listed all three syntypes above.