Moriera Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 16: 380. 1841.

Tribe: Aethionemeae Al-Shehbaz et al.

Note. – Although HEDGE (1968) and AL-SHEHBAZ et al. (2006) recognized Moriera as distinct from Aethionema, the two genera were later united (AL-SHEHBAZ, 2012), and the main difference between them is the spiny habit. It is interesting to note that the spiny habit had evolved at least four times independently within Aethionema, including A. erinaceum (see under Lepidium) and Aethionema spinosum recognized here (see MOHAMMADIN et al., 2017).