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Thymus pubescensBOISS. ET KOTSCHY EX CELAK var. pubescens BOISS. ET KOTSCHY EX CELAK |
Thymus pubescens BOISS. ET KOTSCHY EX CELAK var. pubescens BOISS. ET KOTSCHY EX CELAK |
Thymus L. |
T. pubescens Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak. in Flora 66:152 (1883). Subshrub with a woody taproot and procumbent to suberect woody branches bearing flowering stems 2-9 cm, usually with axillary fascicles of small leaves. Flowering stem leaves 5.5-9.5 x 1.8-2.5 mm, (ovate-) lanceolate, ± acute, often canaliculate below apex and/or twisted; oil dots pale; midrib conspicuous, pale, lateral veins 2 pairs, ± prominent, leaving midrib in basal 1/4 and joining to form a marginal thickening. Inflorescence capitate. Bracts not different from leaves. Bracteoles 0.5-1.5 mm. Calyx 3.5-4.8 mm, upper teeth 0.6-l(-1.2) mm, usually ciliate. Corolla pinkish or lilac, 5-6.5 mm. Fl. 6-8. Cushion steppes, dry pastureland, open rocky ground, 1830-3000m. 1. Flowering stems puberulent, hairs semi-patent to retrorse, shorter than stem diam.; leaves densely puberulent with intermixed long hairs to glabres- cent or ± glabrous, petiole short, oil dots mainly sparse var. pubescens 1. Flowering stems and leaves hairy, hairs patent, equalling to or longer than stem diam.; leaves distinctly petiolate, oil dots ± numerous on both sides var. cratericola var. pubescens. Syn: T. balansae Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak. var. pubescens (Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak.) Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 33(2):184 (1915)! T. fallax Fisch. & Mey. var. pubescens (Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak.) Rech. fil. in Phyton (Horn) 5:287 (1954)! T. xylorrhizus Boiss. & Kotschy in Boiss., F1. Or. 4:556 (1879) pro syn.; T. serpyllum L. var. kotschyanus(Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss., F1. Or. 4:556 (1879) p.p. non T. kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. (1844); T. balansae sensu Velen. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 19(2):278 (1906)p.p. non Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak. (1883); T. fallax Fisch. & Mey. var. densus sensu Rech. fil. in Phyton (Horn) 5:288 (1954) p.p. non T. densus Čelak. (1883). Type: [Turkey A7 Gümüşane] in Ponto inter Trapezunt (Trabzon) et Baiburt in alpinis Alischeri Chan, 1890 m, 28 vii 1859, Kotschy [51 la] (holo. G, iso. BM, W!). E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Szandschak Gümüschkhane, Kurdomer, Sint. 1894:6213! A9 Kars/Ağri: mts. E. of Kağizman, pass between Akçay and Cumaçay, 2400 m, D. 46760! B8 Erzurum: Tech Da. above Erzurum, 1830-2130 m, vii 1853, Huet! Muş: mt. Bimgoell (Bingöl Da.), 2740 m, Kotschy 1859: Suppl. 677! B9 Bitlis: Nimrud (Nemrut) Da., B. Post 705! B10 Kars: mt. Ararat, 2438-2743 m, B. Post 2173 (poor specimen)! C10 Hakkari: Sat Da., N.W. of Sat G., 2900-3000 m, D. 45698! N. Iraq, N.W. Iran. |