Alyssum cephalotes Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 1: 34. 1854.

Type: “Hab. in pinguibus arenosis montis Cadmi Asiae minoris, in jugo ad orientem urbis Geyra sito, et in cacumine ad orientem urbis Denisleh suprâ Khonas. Legi [Boissier] fine Junii 1842”.

Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “ Pic de Gheyra suprà Cadmus ”, VI.1842, Boissier s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332400]; isolecto-: B [B100241652], G [G00446191, G00446172], GH [GH00018475], GOET [GOET002680], JE [JE00003012], K [K000484945, K000484946, K000484947], P [P02272304, P06617305], W [W0075835, W18890016448]) . Syntypus: TURKEY: “Cadmi ad or. Denisleh arenosi pinguibus”, VI.1842, Boissier s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332398]) .

Note. – DUDLEY (1965b: 385) did not lectotypify the species name and listed the acronyms G, GH, K, and W for the Gheyra and Denisleh collections above. No material of the latter locality was seen anywhere other than in G-BOIS, and the W syntypes cited by Dudley were not located.