Thymus richardii subsp. ebusitanus (Font Quer) Jalas, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64(3): 264. 1971

Saez, Llorenc, Bogunic, Faruk, Cambria, Salvatore, Riera, Jesus & Bogdanovic, Sandro, 2021, On the identity of Thymus humifusus var. aureopunctatus (Lamiaceae) and taxonomic notes on the Th. richardii complex, PhytoKeys 186, pp. 139-158 : 139

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.186.75412

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scientific name

Thymus richardii subsp. ebusitanus (Font Quer) Jalas, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64(3): 264. 1971
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3. Thymus richardii subsp. ebusitanus (Font Quer) Jalas, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64(3): 264. 1971 View in CoL

Thymus richardii ebusitanus Thymus richardii var. ebusitanus Font Quer, Cavanillesia 7: 77. 1935;

Thymus ebusitanus Th. ebusitanus (Font Quer) Romo, Fl. Silvestres Baleares: 266. 1994.

Type.

Eivissa, cala de les Torretes, 29 May 1918, Font Quer & Gros (lectotype: BC 50117! designated by Jalas 1971: 264).

Description.

Stems up to 54 cm long, more or less reptant to suberect. Leaf blade up to 11 × 8 mm, suborbicular to elliptical, entire. Inflorescence 19-62 mm long, oblong; bracts up to 8.3 × 7.3 mm, similar to leaves, entire; glabrous to hairy at margin and midrib (eglandular hairs up to 1 mm long). Calyx 4.5-6.9 mm long, densely hairy, sometimes hirsute, with eglandular hairs up to 1 mm long, usually with stipitate glandular hairs; calyx tube 1.8-2.7 mm long, densely hairy, with eglandular hairs up to 1 mm long on the ventral surface; central tooth of upper lip 0.9-1.9 mm long, lower teeth 1.9-3.1 mm long, with pectinate hairs up to 1 mm long. Corolla 6-8.5 mm long, pale rose.

Chromosome number.

2 n = 30 ( Morales 1990).

Distribution.

Endemic to northern Eivissa, Western Balearic Islands (Spain).

Habitat.

Limestone rocky places, 5-370 m a.s.l.

Specimens examined.

Spain. Balearic Islands, Eivissa: cala de les Torretes, 29 May 1918, Font Quer & Gros (BC 50117, lectotype); Santa Agnès, a la Cala de les Torretes, 15 June 1918, Gros (BC 50116); Cala de’n Damià, 10 July 1920, Gros ( BC 858975 View Materials , P 04438273); cala de les Torretes, 8 July 1920, Gros ( BC 859210 View Materials , P 04438274); cala de Santa Agnès, 5 m, July 1935, Gros (BC 87078, BC87079); Cala Aubarca, 1 Aug 1974, J.Y. Lesouëf ( MA 620032 View Materials ) ; vicum Sant Mateu, cala d’Aubarca, 31SCD 52, 50 m, 23 June 1979, Fernández Casas 2883 ( BC 633215 View Materials ) ; Cala den Sardina , 2 June 1981, Cardona & al. ( BC 644574 View Materials ) ; Cala den Sardina , 20 June 1983, L. Llorens (Herb. Univ. Illes Balears) ; cingles d’en Recó, 8 June 1997, N. Torres, M. Mayol & L. Sáez ( MA 592780 View Materials ) ; Ses Balandres , 31SCD 5523, 131 m, 3 June 2010, C. Benedí & L. Sáez (L. Sáez, herb. pers.) .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Thymus