And now for something completely different-new names in Clinopodium with comments on some types
Author
Bräuchler, Christian
text
Phytotaxa
2018
2018-06-13
356
1
71
80
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.356.1.6
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.356.1.6
1179-3163
13706159
Clinopodium brevifolium
(Wahlenberg) Bräuchler & Hjertson
,
comb. nov.
≡
Thymus brevifolius
Wahlenberg (1826: 61)
Lectotype
(designated here by
Bräuchler
&
Hjertson
):—
LEBANON
. Vid Antura [
Aintoura
] i Betyhagen, 8. Octob. 1820,
J
. Berggren s.n.
(
UPS
V-569897).
Nomenclatural notes
:—
There
is a second
syntype
(
LEBANON
.
Antura
,
1 Nov 1820
,
J
. Berggren s.n.
;
UPS
V-569916), which is a bit richer in material, but the other specimen has some flowers included and is therefore selected as
lectotype
here
.
=
Clinopodium insulare
(Candargy)
Govaerts (1999: 17)
≡
Micromeria insularis
Candargy (1897: 149)
≡
Satureja insularis
(Candargy)
Greuter & Burdet (1985: 304)
Type:—
GREECE
. Lesbos, Candargy 1889–1894 (not traced, whereabouts unknown)
=
Thymus incanus
Smith
in
Sibthorp & Smith (1809: 421)
≡
Melissa incana
(Sm.)
Bentham (1834: 386)
≡
Calamintha incana
(Sm.)
Boissier (1845)
≡
Calamintha incana
(Sm.)
Boissier (1879: 578)
≡
Clinopodium incanum
(Sm.)
Kuntze (1891: 515)
,
nom. illeg.
, non
Linnaeus (1753: 588)
≡
Satureja incana
(Sm.)
Briquet (1896: 301)
,
nom. illeg.
, non (
Ruiz & Pavon 1798: 148
)
Sprengel (1825: 719)
Type
(or original material):—
GREECE
. Athens,
J
. Sibthorp s.n.
(
OXF
!)
Nomenclatural notes
:—
I
did not check whether this name has been effectively typified. Given the unambiguous identity of the species and the priority of Wahlenberg´s name,
I
regard this superfluous anyway.