Clypeola lappacea Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 174. 1842.

Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 282, Mesopotamia ”.

Holotypus: TURKEY: “Mesopotamia”, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 282 (G-BOIS [G00332472]; iso-: BM [BM000583350, BM000583351], G [G00389750, G00389751, G00389752], K [K000697099], P [P00835161, P00835162, P00835163]) .

Note. – Boissier based his species description on the unicate in his herbarium and did not annotate any of the duplicates above. Therefore, the indication by AL-SHEHBAZ (2013) of the G-BOIS sheet as the holotype was justified.