Tuesday, October 16, 2012

[Botany • 2011] Teucrium salaminium Hadjik. & Hand (Lamiaceae, Teucrium sect. Polium): a new species from Cyprus



Abstract
A new gypsophilous species, Teucrium salaminium Hadjik. & Hand (Lamiaceae, Teucrium sect. Polium), recently identified in Cyprus, is described. Its relationship to the four species of Teucrium sect. Polium known to occur in Cyprus is discussed, and ecological data on its habitat are provided.

Key-words: Lamiaceae – Teucrium sect. Polium – Cyprus – Taxonomy – Conservation

HADJIKYRIAKOU, G. & R. HAND. 2011. Teucrium salaminium Hadjik. & Hand (Lamiaceae, Teucrium sect. Polium), a new species from Cyprus. Candollea. 66: 341-351.