Erucaria microcarpa Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 47. 1849.

Type: “Hab. in deserto Arabiae petreae contermino et in vallibus calidis inter St.- Saba et mare Mortuum (Boiss.)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): ISRAEL: “Arabia petreae, frontière de Palestine”, III.1846, Boissier s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332576]; isolecto-: G [G00371691, G00371701, G00371704, G00446319], GOET [GOET002646], K [K00065377, K000653878], KW [KW000127938], P [P00741657, P00741658], PH [PH00012908]) . Syntypus: ISRAEL: “Palestine, Mar Morte”, IV–V.1846, Boissier s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332575]) .

Note. – The lectotype is a collection folder of three sheets, of which two have only the collection month and year. The barcoded sheet has two labels one of which with the species name in red ink in Boissier’s handwriting.