Malcolmia confusa Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 221. 1867.

Type: “Hab. in arenosis maritimis Aetoliae ad Missolonghi (Nieder!), Aeginae (Sprun!), Anatoliae ad Samsun (Tchih! Wiedem!)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “Samsoun”, 1858, Tchihatchef s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332178]) . Syntypi: GREECE: “Aeginae”, s.d., Spruner s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332181]) . TURKEY: “pr. Mesolongi Aetoliae”, V.1860, Nieder s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332180]) ; “Samsoun”, s.d., Wiedemann s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332179], K [K000693873]) .

= Maresia nana (DC.) Batt. in Batt. & Trab., Fl. Algérie: 68. 1888.

Notes. – The lectotype specimen is the most complete of the four syntypes cited in the original publication.

Maresia nana is a tiny polymorphic annual widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia.