Satureja kermanica Payandeh, Bordbar & Mirtadz., 1956

Bordbar, Firouzeh & Mirtadzadini, Mansour, 2024, A morphological re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Satureja L. (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae, Mentheae) from flora of Iran, Adansonia (3) 46 (7), pp. 45-63 : 53-54

Satureja kermanica Payandeh, Bordbar & Mirtadz.

( Fig. 2A )

Phytotaxa 441 (2): 190 (2020). — Type: Iran • SE Iran, S of Kerman, Mt. Jupar ; 29°59’11.3”N, 57°12’10.8”E; alt. 2289 m; 21.X.2016; Mirtadzadini 1943; holo-, MIR !; iso-, MIR !

Satureja bachtiarica auct. non Bunge, in Mémoires de l’Académie impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg, sér. 7, 21: 37 ( Bunge 1873).

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering from September to October and fruiting from October to December.

DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY. — This species is found in several locations of south-east Iran, in Kerman Province and geographically apart from the other Satureja species ( Fig. 4C ). S. kermanica is basically found in gravelly sediments of the seasonal streams, only rarely extending to rocky slopes.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran • SE Iran, Kerman Prov., S of Kerman, N of Mt. Jupar ; alt. 2800 m; 18.VIII.1997; Mirtadzadini 1960 ( MIR) • Mt. Jupar ; 29°59’11.3”N, 57°12’10.8”E; alt. 2289 m; 21.X.2016; Mirtadzadini 1943 ( MIR) • SE of Kerman, Sardu , Mt. Bahraseman , Hanzakuh ; alt. 2700 m; 16.X.2015; Payandeh 1996 ( MIR) • Sardu , Dehvali ; 29°12’31.78”N, 57°16’11.37”E; 02.IX.2015; Bordbar 1956 ( MIR) • SE of Kerman, Bam , Mt. Jebal-e Barez, Nesa river watershed; 19.X.2000; Mirtadzadini 1966 ( MIR) • Bam , Mt. Jebal-e Barez , Mij ; Mirtadzadini 2040 ( MIR) • S of Kerman, E of Rabor, Mt. Javaran, Atashbar 1989 ( MIR) • Kerman to Jiroft, Dehbakri, Marghak; 29°07’18.39”N, 57°52’43.06”E; 05.IX.2015; Bordbar 1962 ( MIR) .

DESCRIPTION

Aromatic perennial, 50-100 cm high, stems erect, out-spreading, many-branched from base to above, covered with short antrorse hairs and sessile glands on young parts, length of lower internodes 15-35 mm, length of inflorescence internodes 10-25 mm. Leaves sessile, recurved, stem leaves mostly linear-narrow elliptic, rarely linear or narrow elliptic or oblanceolate, conduplicate, 10-25 mm long, 2.5-4 mm wide, blade tip obtuse or acute, covered with short hairs and sessile glands on both surfaces, floral leaves similar in shape to the stem leaves, 1-1.5 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide. Verticillasters approximate, 2-6 flowers in verticillaster, flowers sessile or pedicellate, peduncle up to 1.5-3 mm (if present), pedicel up to 1-2 mm (if present). Calyx green, campanulate-tubular, covered with short hairs and sessile glands on the outside, 3-3.5 mm, calyx teeth triangular, inferior teeth 0.5-1 mm, superior teeth 0.5-0.8 mm. Corolla blade violet sometimes with dark violet spots, tube whitish, 6-7 mm long. Stamens exserted from the tube. Style exserted from the tube. Nutlets elliptic, 1.2-1.5 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide, brown to dark brown.

REMARKS

This species is similar to S. bachtiarica in the form of inflorescence and small flowers but differs mainly in stem indumentum (antrorse hairs vs retrorse or rarely spreading hairs), color of corolla blade (violet vs whitish), ratio of the length of lower to the length of upper calyx teeth (1.2-1.6 vs 1.5 to 2.4), the shape of calyx (campanulate-tubular vs campanulate), and the length of calyx (3-3.5 mm vs 2.5-3 mm).

Figures

FIG. 2. — Habit and close-up of inflorescence of Satureja L.species from flora of Iran:A, S.kermanica Payandeh,Bordbar & Mirtadz.(Bordbar 1956); B, C, S. khuzistanica Jamzad (Mirtadzadini 3805); D, S. khuzistanica (Mirtadzadini 3804); E, S. macrantha C.A.Mey. (Bordbar 1970); F, S. macrantha (Mirtadzadini 2036); G, S. macrosiphoniaBornm.(Mirtadzadini & Bordbar 5156); H, S. macrosiphoniaBornm.(Mirtadzadini & Bordbar 4157); I, S.mutica Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (Mirtadzadini 3822); J, S. mutica (Mirtadzadini 3832); K, S. sahendica Bornm. (Mirtadzadini 1984).

FIG. 4. — Distribution map of Satureja L. species in Iran: A, S. bachtiarica Bunge; B, S. avromanica Maroofi (circle), S. hortensis L. (naturally grows) (square); C, S. kermanica Payandeh, Bordbar & Mirtadz. (circle), S. intermedia C.A.Mey. (square); D, S. khuzistanica Jamzad (circle), S. isophylla Rech.f. (square).