Satureja longiflora Boiss. & Hausskn.

Bordbar, Firouzeh & Mirtadzadini, Mansour, 2024, A morphological re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Satureja L. (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae, Mentheae) from flora of Iran, Adansonia (3) 46 (7), pp. 45-63 : 55-56

Satureja longiflora Boiss. & Hausskn.

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In Flora Orientalis 4: 566 ( Boissier 1879), non Presl (1826). — Type: Iran • In rup. in Parrow supra Kermanschah; alt. 1525 m; 06.IX.1867; Haussknecht 760a; holo-, G, G-BOIS; iso-, JE [ JE00013735 image!, JE00013736 image!], K [ K000193595 , image!], W [ W0031746 , image!]) (typified by Rechinger 1982) .

Satureja edmondii Briq. , in Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Genève 2: 186 ( Briquet 1898).

Satureja boissieri Briq. , in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4, 3a: 298 ( Briquet 1895 -1897) non Hausskn. ex Boiss. ( Boissier 1879).

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering September to October, fruiting November.

DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY. — Endemic species to W of Iran, Kermanshah Prov. (Mt. Parrow) and Kordestan Prov. (Mt. Shahu) ( Fig. 5D ). Rock crevices, dry limestone slopes.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran • W Iran, Kermanshah Prov., 5 km from Bisotun toward Sonqor , Mt. Parow , Nojubaran defile ; 34°26’20.4”N, 47°24’14”E; alt. 1376 m; 04.XI.2016; Bordbar 2032 ( MIR) • Ibid.; 12.XII.2019; Mirtadzadini, Bordbar & Doostmohammadi 3800 ( MIR) • Mt. Paraw, 25 km NW of Kermanshah, E of Mahmoudabad ( Maimunabad ); 34°35’9.5”N, 46°59’40.8”E; alt. 1660 m; 21.IX.2022; Mirtadzadini & Bordbar 4153 ( MIR) • Bisotun to Sonqor ; 20.VIII.2007; Mirtadzadini 2030 ( MIR) ; Ibid.; 34°31’57.3”N, 47°22’28.4”E; alt. 1350 m; 15.X.2019; Mirtadzadini 2031 ( MIR) • 12 km from Bisotun to Sahneh; 34°27’36.7”N, 47°33’3.5”E; alt. 1450 m; 22.IX.2022; Mirtadzadini & Bordbar 4154 ( MIR) • Kordestan Prov., Hawraman (Auroman) region, Speriz village, North slopes of Mt. Shahu ; alt. 1300 m; 30.X.2021; Advay 4155 ( MIR) .

DESCRIPTION

Aromatic perennial, 20-50 cm high. Stems erect- procumbent, covered with short white spreading glandular and eglandular hairs, length of lower internodes 15-20 mm, length of inflorescence internodes 3-10 mm. Leaves sessile, lower leaves elongated elliptic or obovate, sometimes oblong-oblanceolate, upper leaves oblong, elliptic or elongated obovate, rarely elongated ovate, conduplicate, covered with short white glandular and eglandular hairs and sessile glands, lower leaves 10-25 × 2-7 mm, attenuate at base, apex rotundate, rarely acute.Verticillasters distant or approximate, 1-6 flowers in verticillasters, flowers sessile or with a short pedicel up to 2 mm. Calyx green, tubular, covered with short spreading glandular and eglandular hairs and sessile glands on the outside, 4-7(-8-9) mm, calyx teeth straight, triangular or triangular-lanceolate, inferior teeth 1.5-3 mm, superior teeth 0.7-2.5 mm. Corolla blade violet, tube white, 10-18 mm long. Stamens slightly exserted from the corolla tube. Style slightly shorter than or as long as posterior stamens, rarely longer. Nutlets elliptic, c. 1.5-1.8 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm wide, brown to dark brown.

REMARKS

The new name Satureja edmondii was described by Briquet (1898) as substitute name for Satureja longiflora Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss. , which has an earlier homonym. However, this earlier homonym, Satureja longiflora C.Presl. ( Presl 1826) had been previously regarded as synonym of Micromeria graeca Benth. ( Nyman 1878 -1881), and probably missed by Briquet and the other taxonomists, e.g., Rechinger (1982) and Jamzad (2012) in revision of the genus. Therefore, in the present treatment, we resurrected the correct name S. longiflora Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss. for this species.

S. longiflora is morphologically more close to S. macrantha . The two species indicate a variation in the state of verticillasters which are distant or approximate. In S. longiflora both forms of verticillasters are observed among the individuals of accession Bordbar2032 (MIR). They have tubular calyces, corollas with elongated white tube and violet blade. However, they are separated in the shape of lower leaves and the state of calyx teeth. In S. longiflora , the lower leaves are often elongated elliptic or obovate while they are linear to oblong or oblanceolate in S. macrantha . The calyx teeth are often straight in S. longiflora but mostly recurved in S. macrantha . S. longiflora has been reported from Lorestan and Bakhtiari Provinces of Iran by Jamzad (2012). By the exploration of the specimens in the reported localities in Lorestan and Bakhtiari Provinces, we found only S. macrosiphonia and S. bachtiarica , respectively. We conclude that there might be a mistake in their identification.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Habit and close-up of inflorescence of Satureja L. species from flora of Iran: A, B, S. avromanica Maroofi (Mirtadzadini 3029); C, D, S. bachtiarica Bunge (Mirtadzadini & Bordbar 4151); E, S. bachtiarica (Bordbar 1995); F, S. bachtiarica (Bordbar 1944); G, S. longiflora Boiss. & Hausskn. (Mirtadzadini 2031); H, S. longiflora (Bordbar 2032); I, S. longiflora (Advay 4155); J, S. longiflora (Mirtadzadini & Bordbar 4153); K, S. intermedia (Mirtadzadini 1980); L, M, S. isophylla Rech.f. (Mirtadzadini 1978).

FIG. 5. — Distribution map of Satureja L. species in Iran: A, S. macrantha C.A.Mey.; B, S. macrosiphonoa (Coss.) Maire; C, S. sahendica Bornm.; D, S. mutica Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (circle), S. longiflora Boiss. & Hausskn. (square).