Samples of Thymus (Lamiaceae) from the central part of the Russian Caucasus, stored in the Herbarium of the Institute of Ecology of the Volga river basin of the Russian Academy of Science (PVB)

Abstract

As a result of the revision of herbarium samples of Thymus (Lamiaceae) collected in the central part of the Russian Caucasus (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Stavropol Territory) and transferred to the Herbarium of the Institute of Ecology of the Volga river basin of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PVB), 17 species of the genus Thymus were identifi ed: T. buschianus Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. caucasicus Willd. ex Ronniger, T. daghestanicus Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. elisabethae Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. latissimus Klokov, T. lipskyi Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. mashukensis Klokov, T. menitskyi Vasjukov, T. nummularius M. Bieb., T. osseticus Vasjukov,T. pastoralis Iljin ex Klokov, T. pseudonummularius Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. pseudopulegioides Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. rarifl orus K. Koch, T. teberdensis Klokov,T. terekensis Klokov, T. transcaucasicus Ronniger.

Keywords

• lamiaceae
• thymus
• herbarium of the institute of ecology of the volga river basin of the russian academy of sciences (pvb)
• russian caucasus
• kabardino-balkarian republic
• karachay-cherkess republic
• republic of north ossetia-alania
• stavropol territory