Thliphthisa sapphus Gutermann

, PhytoKeys 241: 67 (2024).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77339919-1
Publication
PhytoKeys
Collation
241: 67
Date of Publication
9 Apr 2024
Family as entered in IPNI
Rubiaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
W.Gutermann et al. 35241
Locality
Ionian Islands: Nom. Lefkada, Lefkada, Halbinsel Lefkátas, Hangkante über der Westküste WNW ober Aghios Nikólaos Níras (NNE Akr. Dhoukáto, c. 8 km SSW Atháni), 230 m
Collection Date
24 May 2000
Type Herbaria
holotype WU 0154346
isotype ATH
isotype K
isotype M
isotype LD
isotype UPA
isotype herb. Gutermann
Latitude
38° 35' 43" N
Longitude
20° 33' 6" E
Distribution Of Types
Greece (Southeastern Europe, Europe)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.241.119144 Etymology: the epithet commemorates Sappho, the most famous poetess of the Classical Hellenic Era and refers to the traditional (though non-historical) believe she suicidally threw herself from the white cliffs of Lefkátas because of unrequited love for beautiful young Phaon. The epithet is a noun in the genitive.

Links

Basionym of
Asperula sapphus (Gutermann) Kit Tan, Phytol. Balcan. 30(2): 241 (2024).