Fibigia clypeata subsp. eriocarpa (DC.) Greuter, stat. nov. (≡ Farsetia eriocarpa DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 288. 1821 ≡ Fibigia eriocarpa (DC.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 258. 1867 ≡ Fibigia clypeata var. eriocarpa (DC.) Thiéb. in Mém. Inst. Egypte 31: 67. 1936) – A, B – 950-1800 m. 5:3042 [10] (det. TC); 25:1272 [6]. Note: I concur with Phitos (in Phitos & al. 2002) who does not consider Fibigia eriocarpa as a species distinct from F. clypeata (L.) Medikus; yet silicula indumentum, the main character that has been used to distinguish the two taxa, is not just “variable” but follows a clear geographical pattern, as previous authors on the Balkan flora have correctly recog-nised (see Hayek 1924-1927, who indicates F. clypeata as occurring in Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia but F. eriocarpa as growing in Ipiros, Thessaly, and [Central to South] Greece). This distributional pattern, which my study of herbarium material confirms, calls for recognition of the southern taxon at subspecies level.