Cheiranthus lacerus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 662. 1753.

"Habitat in Lusitania." RCN: 4834.

Basionym of: Hesperis lacera (L.) L. (1774) .

Lectotype (Ball in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 532. 2002): [icon] " Leucoium Lusitanicum purpureum " in Hermann, Parad. Bat.: 193. 1698. - Epitype (Ball in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 532. 2002): Portugal. Abundant in sandy places by the Douro, about Pinhão, 10 Jun 1889, R.P. Murray s.n. (BM-000576294).

Current name: Malcolmia lacera (L.) DC. ( Brassicaceae).