Lomelosia minoana
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Lomelosia minoana is a species of the genus Lomelosia in the subfamily of the cardiac plants (Dipsacoideae).
features
Lomelosia minoana is a shrub that is heavily branched at the base and reaches heights of 10 to 30 centimeters. The leaves are undivided and covered with long straight and short hook-shaped, felty hairs. This hair is no thicker at the edge than on the surface. The shaft is not very strong. It is thinly tomentose with longer and at least partially protruding to forward-facing hair. There are always bracts available. The bristles of the calyx are at most as long as the widest part of the outer calyx rim.
The flowering period extends from May to August.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.
Occurrence
Lomelosia minoana is endemic to Crete . The species grows in limestone walls.
Systematics and taxonomy
Synonyms for Lomelosia minoana (PH Davis) Greuter & Burdet are Scabiosa cretica subsp. minoana P.H. Davis and Scabiosa minoana (PH Davis) Greuter .
There are two subspecies:
- Lomelosia minoana subsp. minoana occurs in the Dikti Mountains at altitudes of 450 to 1500 meters. The leaves are 1.5 to 1.75 times as long as they are wide and elliptical to obovate.
- Lomelosia minoana subsp. asterusica (Greuter) Greuter & Burdet occurs in Asterousia - and possibly also in the Ida Mountains . The leaves are rounded and denser and hairy longer when pressed. The bracts of the pedicels are never lobed.
literature
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 293 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Scabiosa minoana at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
