Malcolmia bungei Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 226. 1867 [nom. illeg.].

 Dontostemon grandiflorus Bunge in Arbeiten Naturf. Vereins Riga 1: 147. 1847.

 Strigosella grandiflora (Bunge) Botsch. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 1044. 1972.

Note. – Malcolmia bungei is illegitimate because Boissier in Flora Orientalis listed the earlier published Dontostemon grandiflorus as a synonym (see GERMAN et al., 2006).

Malcolmia bungei var. glabrescens Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 226. 1867.

Type: “Hab. in Affghaniâ (Griff. ex Hook), Belutschiâ prope Gurghina (Stocks!)”.

Lectotypus (designated here): PAKISTAN: “Beloutchistan. Gurghina”, 1851, Stocks 975 (G-BOIS [G00332194]; isolecto-: K [K000693600, K000693601, K000693602]) .

= Strigosella behboudiana (Rech. f. & Esfand.) Botsch. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 1042. 1972.

Note. – An extensive search for the Griffith syntype in the major herbaria consulted was unsuccessful.

Malcolmia angulifolia Boiss. & Orph. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 19. 1856.

 Malcolmia orsiniana subsp. angulifolia (Boiss. & Orph.) Stork in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 66: 245. 1972.

Type: “Hab. in Parnasso propè Trypia-Spitia in speluncâ alt. 5500' cl. Guicciardi et Prof. Orphanidès 1854, eodem loco anno 1855 cl. Guicciardi ex Heldreich”.

Lectotypus (designated by STORK, 1972a: 241): GREECE: “In m. Parnassi reg. Tripia Spilaea, abietina in antro”, VIII.1855, Guicciardi s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332195]; isolecto-: C [C10008867], K [K000693572], LD [LD1031045], P [P00868504], W [W1940-0019434]) . Syntypus: GREECE: “Legi in monte Parnasso prope TrypiaSpitià”, 5500' [1680 m], 3–15.VII.1854, Orphanidès 2555 (G-BOIS [G00332196], JE [JE00001304, JE00001305]) .

Notes. – Both JE syntypes lack the collection number, but the other data are the same as the G-BOIS duplicate. Guicciardi s.n. was distributed as Heldreich 2975.

Malcolmia graeca Boiss. & Spruner in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 71. 1843.

Type: “Hab. in rupestribus Graeciae, Athenae in monte Lycabetto, Acrocorinthus, etc. Fl. Aprili”.

Lectotypus (designated by STORK, 1972b: 37): GREECE: “ Attica ”, s.d., Spruner s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332197]; isolecto-: B [B100241258], BM, BR, E [E00438498], K [K000693569], L, P, W [W0075696, W0075697]) .

Note. – Unfortunately, none of the other syntypes cited in the protologue was located in G-BOIS or the other major herbaria consulted.

Malcolmia graeca var. integrifolia Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 228. 1867.

Type: “Hab. in montibus Atticae Lycabetto (Boiss!) et Corydalo Heldr!), Parnasso prope Arachova (Heldr.

Fl. Gr. exs. 139!), Malevo (Orph!), prope Tripolizza (Heldr!)”.

Lectotypus (designated by STORK, 1972b: 37): GREECE: “in rupestribus Atticae”, 21.IV.1842, Boissier s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332200]) . Syntypi: GREECE: “In m. Parnassi reg. infr. pr. Arachova”, IV.1857, Guicciardi s.n. (G-BOIS [G00332203]) ; “In saxosis apricis m. Corydali, Atticae”, 12.IV.1852, Heldreich 139 (G-BOIS [G00332199], WAG [WAG0004240]) ; “Inter segetes près de Tripolizza”, 11. V.1844, Heldreich 139 (B [B100241254], BM [BM000750024], G [G00446080, G00446081, G00446084], G-BOIS [G00332198], K [K000693571], P [P05423338]); “in monte Malevo”, 22. VI.–4.VII.1850, Orphanides 2978 (G-BOIS [G00332201]) ; ibid. loco, 22.IV–4. V.1857, Orphanides 3399 (G-BOIS [G00332202]) .

= Malcolmia graeca subsp. bicolor (Boiss. & Heldr.) Stork in Opera Bot. 33: 39. 1972.

Notes. – The lectotype is a collection folder of two sheets, of which one has a complete label and one with Lycabettus only.

It is quite evident that Boissier’s concept in Flora Orientalis of Malcolmia graeca var. integrifolia encompasses the principal variation among all three of the currently recognized subspecies as critically studied by STORK (1972b). Unfortunately, the lectotype sheet was not annotated by her, and none of the duplicates in the Geneva herbaria has the locality as Athens (see STORK, 1972b: 37), though Attica is the peninsula that currently encompasses Athens.

Distributed syntypes carrying Heldreich’s numbers or exsiccatae 139 are applied to different collections and, therefore, they should not be relied upon without careful evaluation.

The Guicciardi s.n. collection was distributed as Heldreich 139.