Thymbra thymbrifolia (Hedge & Feinbrun) Bräuchler 2018

Bräuchler, Christian, 2018, Delimitation and revision of the genus Thymbra (Lamiaceae), Phytotaxa 369 (1), pp. 15-27 : 21

7. Thymbra thymbrifolia (Hedge & Feinbrun) Bräuchler , comb. nov.; Figure 1. b

≡ Satureja thymbrifolia Hedge & Feinbrun , Israel J. Bot. 17: 213 (1969).

Type: ISRAEL. Palestine, Judean Desert, Khirbet el Mird (Horkaniye), 3 km NE of the Mar Saba Monastery, 240 m, hard limestone, N. exposure, 27 October 1967, Danin s.n. (holotype HUJ, isotype E00208033!)

Distribution: Endemic to an 18 km long strip in the Judean Desert (see Danin, 1969 and Danin & Hedge, 1998 for further details).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Representative specimens of Thymbra species with close-ups of the inflorescence; scale bar = 10 mm;-a) T. calostachya (Ulrich, M);-b) T. thymbrifolia (Danin, TUM);-c) T. linearifolia (isotype TUM); d) T. nabateorum (isotype E00208104)