Goldbachia laevigata var. ascendens Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 243. 1867.

Type: “Hab. circa Byzantium (Noë!), Asiâ minori in Pisidiâ (Heldr!), Cappadociâ (Bal!), Armenià Turcicâ ad Ispir (Bourg!) et Rossicâ (Buhse!), prov. Talysch (Hoh!), Persiâ bor. (Szow!) et australi (Ky exs. 227! Auch. exs. 4132!), Turkestaniâ ad Buchara (Lehm!), Affghanià (Griff!)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): IRAN: “In ruinis u. Persepolis”, 12.IV.1842, Kotschy 227 (G-BOIS [G00332248]; isolecto-: BM [BM001254069], G [G00446115, G00446116, G00446117], K [K000693723, K000693725], P [P05414900, P05414913, P05414918, P05414919, P05414948]) . Syntypi: AFGHANISTAN: “ Achukyge ”, s.d., Griffith 1543 (G-BOIS [G00791878]) ; “Lower Kaloo”, s.d., Griff ith s.n. (G-BOIS [G00791887]) . AZERBAIJAN: “In agris incultis propeTablaechyje et Dipa ditionis Swant Georg. cauc.”, 5000' [1520 m], VI.1836, Hohenacker s.n. (BM [BM001254070], G [G00446123, G00446124, G00446125], G-BOIS [G00332252], P [P04022618, P05414886, P05414911], W [W0075687]) . IRAN: sine loco, s.d., Buhse s.n. (G-BOIS [G00791886]); “ Inter segetes circa Khoi ”, 18.III.1828, Szovit 17 (G-BOIS [G00332251]) . TURKEY: “Laristan (Djaroun)”, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 4132 (BM [BM001254071, BM001254072], G [G00446118, G00446119], G-BOIS [G00332250], K [K000693724], P [P05414888, P05414912], W [W18890077539]) ; “ Village d’Enèhil (Cappadoce)”, 1460 m, 18. VI.1856, Balansa 434 (G-BOIS [G00332253]) ; “ Mt. près Ispir ”, 6.VII.1862, Bourgeau s.n. (G-BOIS [G00791876]) ; “Bouldour Pisidiae ad lucum”, IV.1845, Heldreich s.n. (BM [BM001254068], G [G 00446120, G 00446121, G 00446122], G-BOIS [G00332254]) ; “in subalpinis Anatoliae ”, VI.1862, Noë 900 (G-BOIS [G00332249]) . UZBEKISTAN: “prope Bucharam ”, s.d., Lehmann s.n. (G-BOIS [G00791888]) .

= Goldbachia laevigata (M. Bieb.) DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 577. 1821.

Note. – The lectotype collections was selected over the other syntypes because it is more complete and several duplicates are extant.