Journal
PHYTOTAXA
Volume 511, Issue 1, Pages 71-76Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.511.1.6
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Lamiaceae; Lamium; new subspecies; resurrection; taxonomy; Turkey
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- Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [112T131]
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This study reconfirmed the differences between Lamium ponticum and other related species, and proposed a new subspecies classification. The external features and biogeographical aspects of these plants were analyzed.
Lamium ponticum, known from central and eastern Black Sea region of Turkey, is an endemic species with white flowers. However, it was evaluated as a synonym of L. moschatum subsp. micranthum in the last taxonomic revision the genus. During our revisional studies on the genus, we concluded that L. ponticum is completely different from L. moschatum subsp. micranthum. In addition, we collected some specimens from western Black Sea region of Turkey with pink-rose colored flowers, pinkish-purplish inflorescence and calyx, and greenish-pinkish bracts with pinkish-white spots at base, that looks quite different from the typical L. ponticum. Therefore, in this paper, we resurrected L. ponticum and described a new subspecies from western Black Sea region of Turkey. IUCN red list category, notes on biogeography and ecology of the new subspecies are also given.
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