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Killickia (Lamiaceae): a new genus from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
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| Authors: | CHRISTIAN BRÄUCHLER ANTON DOROSZENKO HANS-JOACHIM ESSER GÜNTHER HEUBL |
| Institution: | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department Biologie I –Systematische Botanik, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany; Botanische Staatssammlung München (M), Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany; CAB International, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DE, England, UK |
| Abstract: | The genus Killickia is described to accommodate the South African endemic species formerly placed in Micromeria sect. Hesperothymus . Morphological data, as well as results from unpublished phylogenetic studies support its separation from the genera Micromeria and Clinopodium . A new species Killickia lutea Bräuchler is described and three new combinations are made. Killickia is characterised as comprising solitary- or few-flowered cymes, a campanulate to subcampanulate (obconical) calyx with similar teeth, a corolla tube with two pubescent ridges and nutlets with scattered minute hairs. A thickened marginal vein in the leaves as typical for Micromeria is absent. As currently understood all species are restricted to the Drakensberg mountains and KwaZulu-Natal Midlands in eastern South Africa. A key to the species, brief notes on anatomy and ecology are provided. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 157 , 575–586. |
| Keywords: | anatomy Mentheae Menthinae Micromeria Nepetoideae new species revision Satureja SEM taxonomy |