Hesperis kotschyi Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 21. 1856.

Type: “Hab. in praeruptis calcareis ad latus orientale montis Gisyl tepe Tauri Cilicici cl. Kotschy”.

Holotypus: TURKEY: “Iter Cilicicum in Tauri alpes ‘Bulgar Dagh.’ Loca praerupta in devexis orientalibus calcariis montis Gisyl Deppe”, 20.VII.1853, Kotschy 236g (G-BOIS [G00332211]; iso-: GOET [GOET002616], KW [KW000127978], P [P00234974, P02272569], W [W0075692], WAG [WAG0004247]) .

Notes. – It is certain that BOISSIER (1856) drafted the species description on the unicate in his herbarium alone and, therefore, it is safe to treat that unicate as the holotype.

Furthermore, he did not cite a collection number in that publication, though Boissier in Flora Orientalis listed Kotschy 256, an obvious typographical error for 236g, when he synonymized H. kotschyi under the later-published H. humilis (see below).