Matthiola odoratissima var. ovatifolia Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 49. 1842.

 Matthiola tomentosa Bélang., Voy. Indes Or. I: [tab. 3]. 1834.

 Matthiola ovatifolia (Boiss.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 9. 1846 [nom. illeg.].

Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 82, Persia, 4068, A. 4072, Ispahan; 4070, Téhéran; 4073, Asia minor. – Matthiola tomentosa Bélang. Voy. tab.” .

Notes. – BOISSIER (1842a) described the variety and listed Matthiola tomentosa as a synyonym. It is then a renaming of M. tomentosa at a varietal level.

However, when BOISSIER (1846: 9) raised his variety to a species, M. ovatifolia became illegitimate even though he did not list in that publication the earlier published M. tomentosa in synonymy. The latter is a valid name based on an illustration with analyses.

Many earlier works (e.g., RECHINGER, 1968; JAÉN-MOLINA et al., 2009; ZERRATKAR & ASSADI, 2018; BRASSIBASE, 2019) erroneously used Boissier’s illegitimate name instead of taking M. tomentosa .