Thymbra nabateorum (Danin & Hedge) Bräuchler 2018

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

4. Thymbra nabateorum (Danin & Hedge) Bräuchler , comb. nov.; Figure 1. d

≡ Satureja nabateorum Danin & Hedge, Willdenowia 28: 135 (1998).

Type : JORDAN. Edom, 10 km E of Risha to Jabal Masonda, in crevices of smooth-faced white sandstone (Disi Formation), 650 m, 19 May 1997, Danin 970201 (holotype HUJ; isotype B!, E00208104!, K!)

Distribution: Restricted to the far W of Jordan and the adjacent N of Saudi Arabia, but apparently the most widespread species of the “ Euhesperida group”.

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)