Erysimum aureum M. Bieb., Fl. Taur. -Caucas. 2: 117 (1808)

Type:— Lectotype (designated by Dorofeyev 1986):— RUSSIA. habitat in dumentis promontorii caucafici, inter Mofdok et Kifljar, ad fluuium Terek; etiam ad Kumam riuum minime rarum, Ex Caucaso rutheno, Herb. M. Bieberstein (LE; Isolectoype W19287).

Erysimum aureum Bieberstein (1808: 117) was first described by M. Bieberstein from the forests along the Terek River, between Mozdok and Kizlyar in 1808 (Bieberstein 1808). E. aureum was first found in Turkey during floristic fieldworks around Bayburt province in 2018-2020 and herbarium specimens were collected from the discovered populations (Fig. 1).

Collected materials (Fig. 1): — Bayburt: provincial border Gümüşhane, between Sadak lake and Çamur village, under the Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson, streamside, 18.06.2018, 390 E, 1700 m., A.Sefalı 421 (EGE!); Kopus bridge, under the Elaeagnus rhamnoides, streamside, 20.07.2020, 400 E, 1588 m., A.Sefalı 619 (EGE!).

Turkish name:— The Turkish name of E. aureum is proposed as “ bayburtzarifesi ”, according to the guidelines of Menemen et al. (2013).