A new species of Marrubium (Lamiaceae) from Central Anatolia, Turkey

Authors: ZEKİ AYTAÇ, GENCAY AKGÜL, MURAT EKİCİ

Abstract: Marrubium sivasense Aytaç, Akgül & Ekici sp. nova (Lamiaceae) is described and illustrated from Central Anatolia, Turkey. The new species most resembles Marrubium depauperatum, but it differs by 3-10 flowered verticillasters, crenate to crenulated leaf margins, and unequal calyx teeth. The ecology and phenology of the new species as well as its etymology, conservation status, and diagnostic features are discussed.

Keywords: New species, endemic, Marrubium, Labiatae, Turkey

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