Open AccessKillickia (Lamiaceae): a new genus from KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa
Author(s) -
BRÄUCHLER CHRISTIAN,
DOROSZENKO ANTON,
ESSER HANSJOACHIM,
HEUBL GÜNTHER
Publication year - 2008
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.1095-8339.2008.00816.x
Subject(s) - biology , calyx , lamiaceae , botany , genus , taxonomy (biology) , key (lock) , ecology
The genus Killickia is described to accommodate the South African endemic species formerly placed in Micromeria sect. Hesperothymus . Morphological data, as well as results from unpublished phylogenetic studies support its separation from the genera Micromeria and Clinopodium . A new species Killickia lutea Bräuchler is described and three new combinations are made. Killickia is characterised as comprising solitary‐ or few‐flowered cymes, a campanulate to subcampanulate (obconical) calyx with similar teeth, a corolla tube with two pubescent ridges and nutlets with scattered minute hairs. A thickened marginal vein in the leaves as typical for Micromeria is absent. As currently understood all species are restricted to the Drakensberg mountains and KwaZulu‐Natal Midlands in eastern South Africa. A key to the species, brief notes on anatomy and ecology are provided. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 157 , 575–586.