Moriera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.

[2] Its native range is Central Asia and it is found in the countries of Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.

[2] The genus name of Moriera is in honour of James Justinian Morier (c. 1780 – 1849), a British diplomat and author noted for his novels about the Qajar dynasty in Iran, most famously for the Hajji Baba series.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of spinosa is derived from spina meaning spiny.

Nat., Bot., série 2 Vol.16 on page 380 in 1841,[1] and then the species, Moriera spinosa was first described and published in Ann.