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Sideritis elica

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Sideritis elica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Sideritis
Species:
S. elica
Binomial name
Sideritis elica
Aneva, Zhelev and Bonchev

Sideritis elica is a plant species in the genus Sideritis, endemic to Bulgaria.[1][2] The species was discovered and described by Associate Prof. Ina Aneva and Senior Assistant Prof. Georgi Bonchev of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as well as by Prof. Petar Zhelev of the University of Forestry in Sofia.[3]

The molecular analysis supports the morphological data about the divergence between the more widespread Sideritis scardica and Sideritis elica. The studied populations of the two taxa were found to be genetically distant.[2]

The species is only known from the northern foothills of the central Rhodope Mountains, where it grows in the Chervenata Stena Reserve near Asenovgrad and Bachkovo Monastery.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sideritis elica, a New Species of Lamiaceae from Bulgaria, Revealed by Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny". Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Ina Aneva (2022). "Sideritis elica, a New Species of Lamiaceae from Bulgaria, Revealed by Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny". Plants. 11 (21). National Library of Medicine: 2900. doi:10.3390/plants11212900. PMC 9654456. PMID 36365353.
  3. ^ "New plant species discovered in Bulgaria". Bulgarian National Radio. Retrieved 1 October 2023.