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López, G.: On the basionym and type of the name Erucastrum (Cruciferae). – Taxon 48: 67-68. 1999. – ISSN 0040-0262.
The name Erucastrum is attributed directly to C. Presl in most reference books and floras but is in fact based on Brassica sect. Erucastrum DC. By consequence its type is Brassica erucastrum L., not Erucastrum virgatum C. Presl as usually accepted. The latter binomial is to be replaced by the old, traditional name Erucastrum laevigatum (L.) O. E. Schulz (Sinapis laevigata L.) as, according to Gómez Campo, S. laevigata L. is the same as E. laevigatum subsp. baeticum (Boiss.) Gómez-Campo.
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