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Salvia geminata sp. nov. with remarkable stamen arrangement from southern Yemen, with notes on S. areysiana (Lamiaceae)
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2009.00538.x
Subject(s) - biology , stamen , lamiaceae , botany , genus , salvia , taxonomy (biology) , pollen
The new species Salvia geminata , a dwarf shrublet from rocky coastal slopes of the Mahrah Region in Yemen, is described and illustrated. A remarkable feature of the species is that the upper thecae of the stamens are inflexed and connate, a condition that seems to be previously unknown in the genus. The apparently closely related S. areysiana , previously known only from the area of Jebel Areys in the Abyan Region, is reported also from the Hadramaut Region.