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.