Heldreichia Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 16: 381. 1841.

Tribe: Biscutelleae Dumort.

Notes. – Although HEDGE (1965) recognized three species in Heldreichia, PAROLLY et al. (2010) clearly demonstrated that the genus is monospecific, the type species of which, H. bupleurifolia, is highly polymorphic.

The latter authors divided the species into five taxa all except subsp. bupleurifolia, which also grows in Lebanon, are endemic to Turkey.