Lamiaceae

Thymus kotschyanus var. glabrescens

Thymus L. Thymus kotschyanus BOISS. ET HOHEN. var. glabrescens BOISS. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: çalı Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: çıplak dağ yamaçları Minimum yükseklik: 800 Maksimum yükseklik: 2250 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: G. ve D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: İran, Irak Bulunduğu kareler :B6 B7 B9 B10 C6 C7 C9 C10

T. kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(5):16 (1844). Suberect freely branching dwarf shrub lacking prostrate basal branches; flowering stems 3-10 cm, variously hairy all round. Leaves 9-13 x 4.5-6(-9) mm, incl. 1-2 mm petiole, all subequal, acutish, truncate to rounded at base, ciliate at base, oil dots numerous, usually brown-red; venation prominent beneath, with 3 pairs of lateral veins, the lowest marginal vein and often also the other two joining apically to form a marginal thickening. Inflorescence usually a dense head 1-2 x 1-1.5 cm, with subtending bracts similar to leaves. Bracteoles 0.5-1.5(-2.5) mm, usually ± equalling pedicels. Calyx (3.2-)4-5.2(-5.6) mm, tube usually shorter than lips; upper lip wider than tube, usually equal to or somewhat longer than lower teeth; upper teeth 0.7-1.2 mm, lanceolate-aristate, ciliate or not. Corolla white or pale pinkish, 6-7.5 mm. Fl. 5-7. Bare stony mountain slopes, c. 800-2250 m. 1. Leaves glabrous var. glabrescens 1. Leaves hairy on both sides 2. Stems ± patently villous-pubescent with hairs ± equalling or longer than stem diam.; leaves densely whitish pubescent var. eriophorus 2. Stem hairs ± reflexed, shorter than stem diam.; leaves puberulent to shortly pilose var. kotschyanus var. glabrescens Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(5): 17 (1844). Syn: T. arthrooclades Stapf in Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. 50(2):36 (1885); T. lampro- phyllus Borbás in Math. Term. Közl. 24:108 (1890)! T. kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. var. hohenackeri sensu Rech. fil. in Phyton (Horn) 5:292 (1954) p.p., non Ronniger (1932). Type: [N. Iraq] in regione media montis Gara Kurdistaniae in rupestribus, [25 vii 1841], Kotschy [327 p.p.] (holo. G). S. & E. Anatolia. B7 Tunceli: Hozat to Ovacık, 2000 m, D. 31091! B8 Siirt: 35 km from Sürt to Baykan, 800 m, D. 43094! C6 Maraş: Achyrdagh (Ahir Da.), 1220 m, 19 vii 1865, Hausskn. s.n. (on same sheet with T. cf. collinus)\ Adana: d. Bahçe, Düldül Da. above Beşkonus Y., 1700-1800 m, D. 16423! Hatay: Amanus mts., 915-2135 m, Haradj. 4588! C9 Hakkari: Çukurca, c. 1300 m, 22 v 1966, Eiselt! Iraq, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. D. 16423 and Haradj. 4588 were identified by Ronniger & Rechinger in Phyton (Horn) 5:292 (1954) as T. kotschyanus var. hohenackeri Ronniger. Together with Haussknecht's plant from Ahir Da., they differ in having subsessile leaves (petiole c. 0.5 mm), some of which have only 2 pairs of lateral veins, calyx c. 4 mm, upper lip shorter than lower, and upper teeth c. 0.7 mm, not ciliate. They possibly deserve taxonomic recognition. A specimen from B10 Kars: d. Aralik, Küçük Ağri Da. near Serdar Bulak, 2300 m, D. 46888! shows an exceptionally wide variation in calyx shape and size, from campanulate 3.5 mm (similar to T. collinus) to subcylindrical 5.6 mm. According to the description, T. ararati-minoris Klokov & Shost. in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR Azerb. Fil. 2:304 (1936), from the same mountain area, has ± densely hairy leaves with evanescent lateral veins (camptodromous venation), and calyx 5-6 mm. It possibly falls within the variation range of T. kotschyanus. var. kotschyanus. Syn: T. kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. var. hirtus Boiss. & Hohen. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(5): 16 (1844); T. kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. f. incanus ('incana') Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7:978 (1907); T. kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. var. pseuderiophorus Rech. fil. in Phyton (Horn) 5:293 (1954). Type: [N. Iraq] in regione media montis Gara Kurdistaniae in rupestribus, 25 vii 1841, Kotschy 327 (lecto. W! iso. G! H!). E. Anatolia. B7 Malatya: Malatya to Arapkir, 12 km S. of Arapkir, 1420-1500 m, Hub.-Mor. 9345! Elaziğ: ruins of Harput, 1320-1390 m, Hub.-Mor. 9350! Tunceli: 8 km from Pülümür to Mutu, 1780 m, 26 vi 1951, Reese! B9 Bitlis: Bitlis to Tatvan, 3 km N. of Bitlis, 1650 m, Hub.-Mor. 10699! Van: Erciş to Patnos, 3 km after Kocapinar, 1850 m, Hub.-Mor. 10704! C7 Adi-yaman: Nimrud (Nemrut) Da. nr Kjachta (Kahta)., 1600-2250 m, Hand.-Mazz. 2092! C10 Hakkari: 23 km from Bacirge to Yüksekova, 2150 m, D. 45212! Iraq, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Another gathering from C10 Hakkari: Sat Da. above Varegöz, 1970 m, D. 45546! differs in having pale yellowish oil dots. Itappears identical to T. hyrcanus ('hyrcana') Czernjak. ex Klokov, Rasoobrazov. Thymus Sov. Soyuza 66 (1973), described from N.W. Iran. D. 44812 (C9 Hakkari: Zap gorge, 32-45 km from Çukurca to Hakkari, 900-1000 m!) is similar except for having glabrous leaves. var. eriophorus (Ronniger) Jalas in Ann. Bot. Fennici 17:321 (1980). Syn: T. eriophorus Ronniger in Feddes Rep. 31:139 (1932)! Type: [N.W. Iran] "Meschau-Dagh" prope st. viae ferr. Jam, 1960-2500 m, [20 vi 1924], Grossheim (lecto. W!). E. Anatolia. B6 Malatya: Darende to Akçadağ, c. 50 km N. of Darende, 1450-1480 m, Hub.-Mor. 9357! B7 Malatya: Kube Da., Malatya to Pütürge, 28 km from Malatya, 1450 m, Hub.-Mor. 9347! Tunceli: Hozat to Ovacık, 2000 m, D. 31091! C9 Hakkari: Zap gorge 2-3 km from Hakkari, 1400 m, D. 45465! C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova to Şemdinli, 9.8 km from Yüksekova, Tre-lawny 1007! N.W, Iran (Azerbaijan). Ir.-Tur. element.