Aethionema rubescens Boiss., Fl.

AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier’s Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, Boissiera 72, pp. 1-193 : 143

Aethionema rubescens Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 343. 1867.

 Noccaea rubescens (Boiss.) F.K. Mey. in Feddes Repert. 84: 459. 1973.

Type: “Hab. in summo jugo Metdesis Tauri Cilicici alt. 11800' (Ky exs. 160!), in summo monte Masmeneudagh Cappadociae (Bal)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “Iter Cilicicum in Tauri alpes ‘Bulgar Dagh.’ In summo Metdesis. glareosa ornat.”, 11800' [3595 m], 3.VII.1853, Kotschy 160 ( G-BOIS [ G00330706 ]; isolecto-: E [ E00374334 ], G [ G00002099 ], K [ K000484183 ], P [ P00432274 , P01817625 , P01817626 ], W [ W0005557 ]) . Syntypus: TURKEY: “Masmeneu dagh in cacumine”, 6.IX.1855, Balansa s.n. ( G-BOIS [ G00332546 ]) .

Notes. – MEYER (2006c: 51), followed by AL-SHEHBAZ (2014: 45), overlooked the fact that two syntypes were cited in the original publication of Aethionema rubescens . They recognized the Kotschy 160 in G-BOIS as the holotype .

By contrast, HEDGE (1965: 323) reduced the species to synonymy of A. oppositifolia , both of which species are currently recognized in Noccaea (AL-SHEHBAZ, 2014) .

Although the publication of Eunomia rubescens was attributed to TCHIHATCHEFF (1860), the name was a nomen nudum and, therefore, its publication ought to be attributed to Boissier in Flora Orientalis.