Aethionema capitatum Boiss. & Balansa

AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier’s Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, Boissiera 72, pp. 1-193 : 146

Aethionema capitatum Boiss. & Balansa in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 43. 1856.

Type: “Hab. ad rupes quibus insidet castellum dirutum Pylarum Ciliciarum. Fructiferum fine Junii legit cl. Balansa”.

Holotypus: TURKEY: “Rochers de la montagne où est situé le chateau en ruine dominant le défilé des Portes Ciliciennes, à 10 lieues au nord de Tarsous”, 27.VI.1855, Balansa 190 ( G-BOIS [ G00156033 ]; iso-: BM [ BM000582605 ], E [ E00201001 ], FI [ FI 005691], G [ G00002083 ], GOET [ GOET002668 ], JE [ JE00010991 ], K [ K000075764 , K000075765 , K000075766 ], KW [ KW000127949 ], P [ P00428110 , P01817609 , P01817610 ], W [ W0005568 , W18890076131 ], WAG [ WAG0004256 , WAG0004257 ]) .

Notes. – The name needs no lectotypification because Boissier based the species description solely on the material in G-BOIS.

All the isotypes have printed labels with slightly modified text from the original: “Rochers du château en ruine dominant le défilé des Portes Ciliciennes, à 10 lieues au N. de Tarsous. 27 juin. 1855. Balansa 440”.

The locality given in the protologue differs from that of the holotype or isotypes sheets. However, HEDGE (1965) gave a “hybrid” label information half of it “Ad rupes quibus insidet castellum dirutum Pylarum Ciliciarum” was taken from the original protologue, and the other half “ 27 vi 1855, Balansa 440” was copied from the isotype printed label.

The G00002083 isotype is a collection folder of two sheets one of which is unlabeled.