Cleome heratensis Bunge & Bienert ex Boissier (1867: 412)

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10. Cleome heratensis Bunge & Bienert ex Boissier (1867: 412) .

Lectotype (designated here): Afghanistan, Herat, Sep. 1858, Bunge s.n. ( P barcode P00741835 !; isolectotypes: K barcode K000643940 !, G, L barcode L1850548 !, LE barcodes LE00013133 [photo!] & LE00013134 [photo!], P barcodes P00741834 ! & P00741836 !, P [no barcode]).

Heterotypic synonym: Cleome gaubae Rechinger (1940: 38) . Type: Iran: Khorasan, 10 Jul. 1937, Gauba 2504 (holotype: W barcode W19520000311 [photo!]) .

Note: Since Bunge did not designate an herbarium location for his types and there are significant portions of his collections at both LE and P (Hb. Cosson), lectotypification of C. heratensis is necessary. Both collections at LE are small and without mature fruits, while one of the collections at P is in good shape, and includes good vegetative material, flowers, and fruits ( P00741835 !). For these reasons it is chosen as the lectotype. There are not digitized collections of this type from G, although it is expected that a duplicate resides there, as suggested by Hedge and Lammond (1970), and given the naming of the species by Boissier .

Geographic distribution: Iran, Afghanistan.