A New Combination in Clinopodium (Lamiaceae)

Flora Montiberica 33: 18-19 (IX-2006)

A NEW COMBINATION IN CLINOPODIUM (LAMIACEAE)

Josep Antoni ROSSELLÓ PICORNELL Jardí Botànic, Universitat de València. C/Quart 80, E-46008 València. [email protected]

SUMMARY: Satureja rouyana Briq. (Lamiaceae), a very restricted species from the Balearic Islands, is transferred to the genus Clinopodium as C. rouyanum (Briq.) Rosselló, comb. nov.

RESUMEN: Satureja rouyana Briq. (Lamiaceae), endemismo balear de distribución restringida a las áreas montañosas de Mallorca, es transferido al género Clinopodium como C. rouyanum (Briq.) Rosselló, comb. nov.

Satureja rouyana Briq. was described clusion of S. rouyana under the later ge- from a single population (cf. BRIQUET nus is here validated: 1895) collected from the mountains of Mallorca, and later on included within Clinopodium rouyanum (Briq.) Ros- Calamintha (ROUY 1909). This species selló, comb. nov. has been erroneously interpreted by seve- ≡ Satureja rouyana Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: ral authors (REYN 1920, MORALES & 442 (1895) LUQUE 1997) who included it within the ≡ Calamintha rouyana (Briq.) Rouy, Fl. variation of Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi France 11: 336 (1909) subsp. nepeta on the basis of misidentified ≡ C. officinalis [subsp. nepeta var. con- plant material and without studying any fusa] subvar. rouyana (Briq.) Reyn in type material. Its distinctiveness from the Monde Pl. 21, 3 ser. 6: 6-7 (1920) related C. nepeta was pointed out by PE- ≡ C. rouyana (Briq.) Pericás & Rosselló RICÁS & al. (1987), and the species is cu- in Candollea 42: 397 (1987), comb. su- rrently considered as a Balearic endemism perfl. restricted to scattered populations from Ind. loc.: “Baléares... d'après l'exsic- Mallorca (see distribution in ALOMAR & cata de Porta et Rigo” al. (1997). Recent work devoted to the Type material: Balearium insula Ma- complex group of genera included within jore, in rupium fissuris aglareis subjectis tribe Mentheae subtribe Menthinae (cf. in Mte. Puig Major de Torrella, la casa de HARLEY & GRANDA 2000, HARLEY la Neu, sol. calcar. 1200-1300 m.s.m. 6- & al. 2004, BRÄUCHLER & al. 2005) VIII-1885, Porta & Rigo (G). Lectotype has resulted in a revised circumscription designated by ROSSELLÓ & SÁEZ of Calamintha, that is now included wi- (2001). thin a monophyletic Clinopodium. The in-

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CARDONA (1991) reported a chro- des Alpes maritimes. Georg. & C. Genève et mosome number of 2n = 30 for plants of Basel. Clinopodium rouyanum collected at Puig CARDONA, M.A. (1991) IOPB Chromosome Major de Torrella, the type locality. The data 3. IOPB Newsletter 17: 7-8. CASTRO, M. & J.A. ROSSELLÓ (2006) 2n = 30 chromosome number had not Karyological observations on plant taxa en- been reported earlier within Clinopodium, demic to the Balearic Islands. Bot. J. Linn. but it is frequently found in the related Soc.: submitted. Satureja and Micromeria genera (MAR- HARLEY, R.M.; S. ATKINS; A. BUDANT- KOVA & GORANOVA 1995). However, SEV & al. (2004) Labiatae. In J.W. Kadereit CASTRO & ROSSELLÓ (2006) reported (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular 2n = 46 for the Balearic plant, a chromo- Plants 7: 167-275. Springer-Verlag. Berlin. some number also found in Clinopodium HARLEY, R.M. & A. GRANDA (2000) List of species of tropical American Clinopo- nepeta (L.) Kuntze [≡ Calamintha nepeta dium (Labiatae), with new combinations. (L.) Savi] by MARKOVA & GORANO- Kew Bull. 55: 917-927. VA (1994). Available evidence suggests MARKOVA, M. & V. GORANOVA (1994) that the cytological report of CARDONA Mediterranean chromosome reports. Reports (1991) is a technical error or a misidenti- (240-266). Flora Mediterranea 4: 233-254. fication of the studied plant. In fact, Mi- MARKOVA, M. & V. GORANOVA (1995) cromeria filiformis (Benth.) Aiton, with a Mediterranean chromosome reports. Reports chromosome number of 2n = 30, grows (435-473). Flora Mediterranea 5: 289-317. with Clinopodium rouyanum at Puig Ma- LUQUE, M.N. & R. MORALES (1997) El jor de Torrella. género Calamintha Mill (Labiatae) en la Península e Islas Baleares. Anales Jard. Bot.

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