Clinopodium alpinum

Clinopodium alpinum

Clinopodium alpinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species: Clinopodium alpinum
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. albanicum – C. a. subsp. alpinum – C. a. subsp. hungaricum – C. a. subsp. majoranifolium – C. a. subsp. meridionale – C. a. subsp. orontium

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Clinopodium alpinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 June 18. Reference page.

Not accepted by WCSP: C. a. subsp. dinaricum

Name

Clinopodium alpinum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Thymus alpinus L., Sp. Pl.: 591 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Calamintha alpina (L.) Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 394 (1779).
  • Acinos alpinus (L.) Moench, Methodus: 407 (1794).
  • Melissa alpina (L.) Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 390 (1834).
  • Satureja alpina (L.) Scheele, Flora 26: 577 (1843).
  • Faucibarba alpina (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 403 (1867).
  • Ziziphora alpina (L.) Melnikov, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 101: 89 (2016), nom. illeg. non Mill. 1768
  • Ziziphora alpicola Melnikov, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 47: 106 (2016), nom. nov..
  • Ziziphora granatensis subsp. alpina (L.) Bräuchler & Gutermann, Neilreichia 10: 149 (2019).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Iamonico, D. & Bogdanović, S.. 2014. New combinations in Balkans Clinopodium (Lamiaceae). Phytotaxa 174(2): 123–126. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.2.9 ResearchGate PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Clinopodium alpinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 June 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Clinopodium alpinum. Published online. Accessed: 17 June 2020.

Vernacular names

العربية: أسينوس جبلي
བོད་ཡིག: Konjički vričak
català: Calament alpí
dansk: Alpevoldtimian
Deutsch: Alpen-Steinquendel
español: Albahaca agreste
فارسی: اسينوس جبلى
suomi: Alppikäenminttu
français: Calament des Alpes
Hiri Motu: Alpski płónčik
中文: 岩石麝香草

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