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Micromeria rupestris Puppo 2015, comb. et stat. nov.

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  • 1. Institute of Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria

Description

Micromeria rupestris (Webb & Berthelot) Puppo, comb. et stat. nov. Fig. 6

Basionym:— Micromeria varia Bentham (1834: 374) subsp. rupestris (Webb & Berthelot) P. Pérez (1978: 182). Micromeria varia Bentham (1834: 374) f. rupestris (Webb & Berthelot) Christ (1888: 133); Micromeria thymoides (Solander ex Lowe) Webb & Berthelot (1844: 71) var. rupestris Webb & Berthelot (1844: 71); Satureja ericifolia (Roth) R.H. Willemse (1991: 83) subsp. rupestris (P. Pérez) R.H. Willemse (1991: 84); Satureja varia Webb & Berthelot ex Briquet in Engler & Prantl (1896: 299) subsp. rupestris (P. Pérez) A. Hansen & Sunding (1993: 7). Lectotype:— SPAIN. Canary Islands, “in rupibus Lancerotta septentriorum”, J. M. Despréaux #28a (designated by P. Pérez 1978: 183, FI000234!, labeled “ Micromeria thymoides ”, left hand individual in lower part of sheet).

Small subshrub 5–20 cm height, highly branched; branches short, curved inwards, semi prostrated, basal parts of branches glabrate, shedding bark, younger parts densely strigose to tomentose. Leaves sessile or inconspicuously petiolated, petiole less than 1 mm long.; blades herbaceous, 3–7 × 1–3 mm, green sometimes tinged with purple, minutely pubescent on both surfaces, shortly strigose on midrib abaxially, basal blades ovate, slightly revolute, upper blades linear, revolute. Cymes densely covering the tip of the branches, almost sessile to pedunculated, peduncle up to 2 mm long. Calyx green, puberulent to shortly strigose, 2.5–3.5 mm long, calyx apices shortly lanceolate, densely white-ciliate. Corolla dark purple, 3–4 mm long, barely exerted. Anthers purple, barely exerted. Style barely exerted.

Specimens Examined: — SPAIN. Lanzarote: Alrededores de las Peñitas del Chache, 25 March 1976, P. Pérez & J. R. Acebes s.n. (TFC); Altos del Bco. de la Madre del Agua, 23 February 1994, Wolfredo Wildpret de la Torre et al. s.n. (TFC); San Bartolomé, Tomaren, 24 February 1995, J. A. Reyes-Betancort s.n. (TFC); Tinajo, Caldera Blanca, 24 April 1996, J. A. Reyes-Betancort s.n. (TFC). Fuerteventura: Mª de Tindaya, La Oliva, 29 March 1975, P. Pérez & J. R. Acebes s.n. (TFC); Risco del Carnicero, 30 March 1975, P. Pérez & J. R. Acebes s.n. (TFC); Mª de los Cardones, Gran Tarajal, 31 March 1975, P. Pérez & J. R. Acebes s.n. (TFC); Entre Picos de la Zarza y de la Palma, Jandía, 31 May 2003, Stephan Scholz s.n. (TFC); Castillejo Alto, Jandía, 17 April 2003, Stephan Scholz s.n. (TFC).

Geographical Distribution: —This species is only present in the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and its distribution is scattered in small populations throughout the islands.

Notes: — Pérez de Paz (1978) designated subsp. rupestris as the subspecies of M. varia present in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. Molecular evidence (Meimberg et al. 2006, Puppo et al. 2015) has shown that M. varia (sensu Pérez de Paz 1978) is polyphyletic so this new combination and status is proposed to elevate the former subsp. rupestris to species level.

Notes

Published as part of Puppo, Pamela & Meimberg, Harald, 2015, New species and new combinations in Micromeria (Lamiaceae) from the Canary Islands and Madeira, pp. 1-21 in Phytotaxa 230 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.230.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13632294

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Biodiversity

Collection code
J, A, TFC , J, A, TFC, P, R , P, J, R, TFC , TFC
Event date
1975-03-29 , 1975-03-30 , 1975-03-31 , 1976-03-25 , 1994-02-23 , 1995-02-24 , 2003-04-17 , 2003-05-31
Verbatim event date
1975-03-29/1996-04-24 , 1975-03-30 , 1975-03-31 , 1976-03-25 , 1994-02-23 , 1995-02-24 , 2003-04-17 , 2003-05-31
Scientific name authorship
Puppo
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Micromeria
Species
rupestris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. et stat. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Micromeria rupestris (Webb, 2015) sec. Puppo & Meimberg, 2015

References

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  • Perez de Paz, P. L. (1978) Revision del genero Micromeria Bentham (Lamiaceae-Stachyoideae) en la Region Macaronesica. Instituto de Estudios Canarios, Monografias 16: 1 - 306. Available from: http: // bibdigital. rjb. csic. es / ing / Libro. php? Libro = 7023 (accessed 1 October 2015)
  • Christ, H. (1888) Spicilegium canariense. In: Engler, A. (Ed.) Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 9. Stuttgart, Leipzig, pp. 86 - 172. Available from: http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 668 # page / 1 / mode / 1 up (accessed 1 October 2015)
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  • Meimberg, H., Abele, T., Brauchler, C., McKay, J. K., Perez de Paz, P. L. & Heubl, G. (2006) Molecular evidence for adaptive radiation of Micromeria Benth. (Lamiaceae) on the Canary Islands as inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences and ISSR fingerprint data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 566 - 578. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2006.05.037
  • Puppo, P., Curto, M., Gusmao-Guedes, J., Cochofel, J., Perez de Paz, P. L., Brauchler, C. & Meimberg, H. (2015) Molecular phylogenetics of Micromeria (Lamiaceae) in the Canary Islands and Madeira, diversification and inter-island colonization patterns inferred from nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89: 160 - 170. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2015.04.017