Farsetia ovalis Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 32. 1849.

Type: “Hab. in desertis Aegypti et Arabiae petreae (Aucher! Sieber! Boiss!)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): EGYPT: sine loco, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 238 (G-BOIS [G00332044]; isolecto-: BM [BM000582905], E, FI, G [G00446009, G00446010], MPU [MPU016926], P) . Syntypi: EGYPT: “Tentyra”, s.d., Sieber s.n. (G [G00446013, G00446014], JE [JE00002545], K [K000230495], LE [LE00013053, LE00013054], MPU [MPU017101], P, W [W0010333, W0010334, W0010335, W0010336, W298671, W298675]) . SINE PATRIA: “Arabia petraea”, III.1846, Boissier s.n. (G [G00446015, G00446016], G-BOIS [G00332046], K [K000230496], KW [KW000127921], LE [LE00013056, LE00012057], UPS) .

= Farsetia aegyptia Turra, Farsetia: 5. 1765.

Note. – JONSELL (1986: 40) listed all syntypes cited in the original publication but did not lectotypify the taxon. He also indicated that duplicates of Aucher-Eloy 238 are housed at E, FI, and P, though those at E and P were not found during this study.