Stachys iberica subsp. stenostachya

Akçiçek, Ekrem, 2020, Taxonomic revision of Stachys sect. Olisia (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) in Turkey, Phytotaxa 449 (2), pp. 109-148 : 137

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.449.2.2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E738FF64-B51E-CB40-FF39-415C8E5CF9AE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Stachys iberica subsp. stenostachya
status	Spec. Nov.

Treatment

9c. subsp. stenostachya (Boiss.) Rech.f. View in CoL in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 84 (1944) ( Figs. 12, 13 View FIGURE 13 )

≡ S. stenostachya Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. View in CoL ser. 2, 4: 41 (1859) = S. euphratica Hayek, Repert. View in CoL Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 258 (1925) = S. memorabilis Klokov, Fl. RSS Ukr. View in CoL 9: 648 (1960)

Type:― TURKEY: C5 Hatay / SYRIA. in parte inferiori montis Cassii Syriae borealis (Akra Da.), Boissier s.n. (holo: G!).

Phenology: ―Flowering between June and August.

Distribution and ecology: ― Ukraine, Crimea, Caucasia, Turkey (mainly Inner & East Anatolia). Irano-Turanian element. Igneous rocky slopes, screes, steppe, field banks. 450−2300 m elevation.

Conservation status: ―LC ( IUCN 2017). It is widely distributed in mainly inner and eastern Anatolia, and other countries.

Remarks: ― Stachys iberica is a most variable species in leaf shape, density of the indumentums, and flower colour. The complex of S. iberica in Turkey contains for taxa (two subspecies and two varieties), which can be differentiated based on the corolla colour, and characteristics of flowering stems, leaves and nutlets, as shown before.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae
Genus	Stachys