Ziziphora clinopodioides subsp. kurdica (Rechinger) Rechinger (1982: 487)

Dirmenci, Tuncay, Haloob, Ali, Celep, Ferhat & Ghazanfar, Shahina A., 2023, Contributions to Ziziphora clinopodioides (Lamiaceae) in Turkey and Iraq, Phytotaxa 592 (3), pp. 279-293 : 290-292

Ziziphora clinopodioides subsp. kurdica (Rechinger) Rechinger (1982: 487) . ( Fig. 9 ).

≡ Ziziphora kurdica Rechinger (1951: 167) .

Type :— IRAQ. Ad rupes in mediis regionibus montis Gara, 25.07.1841, Kotschy 326 (lectotype W0031740 !, isolectotypes BM001122341 !, W18890076013 !, W0031751 !, W18890004342 !, G00402141 !, G00402140 !, K000247838 !; here designated by Dirmenci) .

Flowering stems to 20 cm tall, decumbent to erect, branched from base, green to pale-green, pubescent to spreading hirsute-villous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, or ovate, 8–15 × 4–6 mm, attenuate-cuneate at base, rarely ±rounded, acuminate at apex, light green, spreading hirsute. Calyx 5–6 mm long, whitish-green, sparsely to densely hirsute-villose.

Habitat: —Rocky slopes and screes, mountain steppe; alt. 1500‒3400 m; fl. & fr. July to September.

Distribution: —Eastern Turkey, Northern Iraq and Northwest Iran.

Examined Specimens: — TURKEY. Hakkari: Cilo Dağ, Diz deresi, 1737 m, 06 August 1954, Davis & Polunin 23935 ( K) ;— IRAQ. Rare in the upper forest and lower thorn-cushion zones of Iraq, and in the lower forest zone of Iraq. MAM: Zawita Mts., on the Turkish border, between the pass & the Western peak, in Mosul Liwa , 07 July 1957, Rechinger 18504 ( BUH!) ; Mosul, in ditione pagi Sharanish, in montibus calc. a Zakho septentrionem versus, Zawita , 2000 m, 4-9 July 1957, Rechinger 10980-A ( G!, W!), 10980-B ( G!, W!); MRO: Chia-i-Mandali , 2133 m, 17 July 1967, Guest & Ludlow - Hewitt 2679 ( K!, BAG!) ; Riwandous, in montes Sakri-Sakran , 1600 m, 23 June 1893, Bornmuller 1704 ( W!) ; Newrobar valley-Qandil range, 01 August 1957, Rawi & Serhang 24145 ( BAG!) ; Erbil, montes Qandil ad confines Persiae , supra Pushtashan , 2000 m, 28 July 1957, Rechinger 11086! ( W!); MSU: Suleymaniyah. Pira Magrun , W of Suleymaniyah, Poore 593 ( K!) ; In montis calcaresi Avroman et Schahu , 1830 m, 06 June 1867, Haussknecht s.n. ( K!, W!) .

Rechinger (1951) in the protologue for Ziziphora kurdica designated Kotschy 326 as the holotype, which he indicated was stored at W. Four specimens of Kotschy 326 are also present at W: W0031740 , W18890076013 , W0031751 and W18890004342 , which are syntypes, and one of the well-preserved specimens representing the taxon, barcode W0031740 , is designated here as the lectotype ( Fig. 9 ); all other materials of Kotschy 326 including G00402140 , G00402141 , K000247838 , W18890076013 , W0031751 and W18890004342 are isolectotypes .

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FIGURE 9. Lectotype of Ziziphora clinopodioides subsp. kurdica (Kotschy 326, W0031740!) (https://www.jacq.org/).