Aethionema pulchellum Boiss. & A. Huet in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 43. 1856.

Type: “Hab. in incultis propè Erzeroum secùs viam quae ad Persiam ducit”.

Lectotypus (designated by Al-Shehbaz in MOAZZENI et al., 2018: 254): TURKEY: “In incultis vice Persicae 2 h. Erzeroum”, VI.1853, Huet du Pavillon s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332552]; isolecto-: JE [JE00007934]) . Syntypus: TURKEY: “Circà Erzeroum”, 6000'–6500' [1830–1980 m], VII.1853, Huet du Pavillon s.n. (FI [FI 005698], K [K000075773, K000075783], LE [LE00012844], P [P00432289, P00580381, P05434432], W [W18890026319]) .

= Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 42. 1849.

Notes. – The lectotype is a collection folder of two sheets one of which was labeled “ Armenia. Huet.”. No other duplicates of the type collection were found among the Huet du Pavillon herbarium that was incorporated in the Geneva herbaria.

All of the above syntypes were most likely collected near the type locality but in July rather than June of the same year.