Stachys benthamiana Boiss., Fl. Orient.

Özdöl, Tuğkan, Güner, Özal, Sefali, Abdurrahman, Akçiçek, Ekrem, Dirmenci, Tuncay & Yildirim, Hasan, 2022, Three new records for the flora of Turkey: Campanula lyrata subsp. icarica (Campanulaceae), Erysimum aureum (Brassicaceae) and Stachys benthamiana (Lamiaceae), Phytotaxa 531 (2), pp. 147-150 : 149

Stachys benthamiana Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 734 (1879)

Type:— Lectotype (designated by Salmaki et al. 2012):— IRAN. prope Schiras in monte Kuh Delu, Kotschy 490 (G-BOIS!) ; Syntypes:— IRAN. Hab. ad rupes abscissas Persia australis, Olivier; Persia australis, Aucher-Eloy 974 et 2889; prope Schiras et in monte Kuh Delu, Th. Kotschy 345; ad ruinas Persepolis et in monte Kuh Eschker, Haussknecht s.n. (G, G-BOIS, LE, W) .

Collected materials ( Fig. 1 ): — C10 Hakkari: Yüksekova-Kamışlı, Varegöz valley, rock crevices 1750–2000 m, 23.06.2007, Dirmenci 3911 (GAZI!); Varegöz valley, on limestone cliffs and rock crevices, 15.07.2014, Ö. Güner 2495 & Akçiçek (GAZI!).

Turkish name:— The Turkish name of S. benthamiana is proposed as “ varegöz deliçayı ”, according to the guidelines of Menemen et al. (2013).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A: Distribution map of Campanula lyrata subsp. icarica (red stars), Erysimum aureum (yellow squares) and Stachys benthamiana (bluish circle) in Turkey; B–I: images from the new Turkish populations: B, C, D—C. lyrata subsp. icarica; E, F, G—E. aureum; H, I—S. benthamiana.