Clinopodium grandiflorum (L.) Kuntze (syn. Calamintha grandiflora (L.) Moench)

Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Clinopodium// Species: Clinopodium grandiflorum (L.) Kuntze.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972) as Calamintha grandiflora (L.) Moench, nomencl. ref. Meth. 408 (1794). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Clinopodium grandiflorum (L.) Kuntze, nomencl. ref. Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515. 1891.

Distribution: Native to South Central Europe, Mediterranean to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Clearings and edges of beech forests in the subalpine belt.

Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.

References:

Clinopodium grandiflorum (L.) Kuntze. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445789-1 [Accessed 05.08.2021].

Clinopodium grandiflorum. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=48682&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 05.08.2021].

Clinopodium grandiflorum. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. Published on the Internet https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=48682&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 11.12.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Last update: 11.12.2022.