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Issue: Vol. 662 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2024
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Published: 2024-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.662.1.1
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Micromeria silicii, a new species from Croatia and its relationships with taxa of the M. microphylla group (Lamiaceae)

Department of Agricultural Botany, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Agricultural Botany, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Systematics and Evolution of Vascular Plants (UAB) – Associated Unit to CSIC, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, SP-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, via A. Longo 19, I-95125 Catania, Italy
Adriatic endemic species Mediterranean Micromeria taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Micromeria silicii, a new species from St. Andrea (Svetac) and Biševo Islands of Dalmatia (Croatia) is described and illustrated. Previously, it was attributed to M. microphylla, but careful morphological investigation allowed to differentiate it from the latter. In order to emphasize the relationships with the other taxa currentelly attributed to M. microphylla group were examined also M. acropolitana, M. cypria, M. carpatha, M. hispida, M. sphaciotica and M. rodriguezii, which are distributed in various territories of the Mediterranean area. All these species were studied from the taxonomical, nomenclatural and chorological point of view, as well as a new icononography was provided for some of them. Besides, an analitical key for all investigated species is given too.

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