NEPETA MARGALLAICA (MENTHEAE: NEPETOIDEAE: LAMIACEAE): A NEW SPECIES FROM THE MARGALLA HILLS, PAKISTAN

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https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2024.1991

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Margalla Hills National Park, Nepetinae, section Cataria, Taxonomy, Tuberousroots

Abstract

A new species of Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) from the Margalla Hills, in Pakistan, is described and illustrated. It belongs to Nepeta sect. Cataria sensu Bentham and is characterised by tuberous roots up to 3 cm in diameter, the presence of long multicellular flattened eglandular hairs, a spike-like inflorescence, an oblique calyx throat, unequal calyx teeth, and a 9 mm long white corolla. It is closely related to Nepeta cataria L., from which it differs in the root, indumentum, calyx and inflorescence characters. A distribution map of the new species is presented, as is an updated key to Nepeta sect. Cataria.

 

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2024-05-29

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