Open AccessA new subspecies of Nepeta (Lamiaceae) from Turkey
Author(s) -
DİRMENCİ TUNCAY
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00355.x
Subject(s) - subspecies , lamiaceae , biology , nepeta , iucn red list , threatened species , near threatened species , eudicots , endangered species , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , botany , ecology , habitat
A new record ( Nepeta sibthorpii Benth.) for Turkey is described as a new subspecies, N. sibthorpii Benth. ssp. tumeniana T. Dirmenci ssp. nov. Diagnostic characters, description, detailed illustrations and taxonomic comments are presented. Its characteristics are compared with those of the related four subspecies of N . sibthorpii . The geographical distribution of N. sibthorpii ssp. tumeniana is mapped. IUCN threatened category and observations on the population are noted. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2005, 147 , 229–233.