Aethionema bourgaei Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 344. 1867.

Type: “Hab. in lapidosis regionis alpinae superioris montis Akdagh Syriae (Bourg!)”.

Holotypus: TURKEY: “Ag-D’hag, région alpine”, 5.VII.1860, Bourgeau 45 (G-BOIS [G00332547]; iso-: P [P00428103, P01817608]) .

= Noccaea bourgaei (Boiss.) D.A. German in Turczaninowia 21: 181. 2018.

Notes. – Boissier did not examine any other material for the description of the species and, therefore, the specimen in G-BOIS is the holotype.

The holotype sheet has two labels, an original handwritten label carrying the field number 45, and a second label, unnumbered, and with printed “ Plantae Lyciae 1860” and handwritten “ Mt. Ak-Dagh, région alpine supérieure dans les pierrailles” as in the isotypes at P.

GERMAN (2018) has clearly shown that the proper placement of Aethionema bourgaei is to recognize it as an independent species of Noccaea instead of reducing it to synonymy of others as done by MEYER (2006c) and AL-SHEHBAZ (2012, 2014).