Lavandula saharica

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: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Lavandulinae
Genus: Lavandula
Subgenus: L. subg. Fabricia
Section: L. sect. Pterostoechas
Species: Lavandula saharica

Name

Lavandula saharica Upson & Jury, Kew Bull. 58: 896 (2004) [2003 publ. 2004].

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lavandula antineae f. stenonota Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 33 (1929).
    • Typus: Algeria, in montibus Tefedest in alves lapidoso amnis, Ahetes, 1200–1300 m, 14 April 1928, Maire Iter Saharicum 1928 936 (Lectotypus: MPU, designated by Upson & Jury, Kew Bull. 58: 896 (2004)).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Sudan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Upson, T.M. & Jury, S.L. 2003. The re-circumscription and lectotypification of Lavandula antineae Maire and description of a new species L. saharica Upson & Jury (Lamiaceae). Kew Bulletin 58(4): 889–901. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Upson, T.M. & Andrews, S. 2004. The genus Lavandula (A Botanical Magazine Monograph). xiv + 442 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens and Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-642-6 Reference page.