Ptilotrichum glabrescens (Boiss. & Balansa) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 289. 1867.

 Vesicaria glabrescens Boiss. & Balansa in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 32. 1856.

 Bornmuellera glabrescens (Boiss. & Balansa) Cullen & T.R. Dudley in Feddes Repert. 71: 228. 1965.

Type: “Hab. in regione montanâ montis Masmeneudagh in viâ inter Ciliciam et Caesaream siti cl. Balansa qui legit fructiferam Augusto”.

Holotypus: TURKEY: “Région montagneuse supérieure du Masmeneu-Dagh, à 25 lieues SSO de Césarée ”, 8.VIII.1855, Balansa 177 (G-BOIS [G00332422]; iso-: BM [BM000583334], CAS [CAS0005115], E [E00373128], G [G00389492, G00389493, G00446263], GH [GH00018820], GOET [GOET002719], JE [JE00002861], K [K000697062], KW [KW000127914], P [P02272072, P02272073, P02272074], US [US00100436, US00100670], WAG [WAG0104053]) .

Note. – Plants of this species are quite large, and the holotype consists of four sheets in one collection folder of which only one sheet has a handwritten label by Balansa and has the field number 177 and the species name in Boissier’s handwriting. Two sheets are unlabeled and the remaining sheet as well as the isotypes elsewhere, have printed labels with the exsiccatae number 437, but all information of both types of labels are identical.