A Global Taxonomic Investigation of Scutellaria (Labiatae)

Anatomical And Glandular Trichome Characteristics of Scutellaria salviifolıa (Lamiaceae) Endemic to Turkey

“…This genus has approximately 300 species (Paton, 1990;Pool, 2006;Judd et al, 2009). Scutellaria L. is seen every continent except for Antarctica.…”

“…The main origin of genus diversity is Iran-Turanian region of Asia. The secondary centres of Scutellaria L. diversity are Eastern Mediterranean and the Andes (Paton, 1990;Bruno et al, 2002). It is accepted that Turkey is center of origin of Lamiaceae family to which this genus belongs (Başer, 1993).…”

Scutellaria slametensis (Lamiaceae), a new species from Central Java, Indonesia

“…The genus can be easily recognised by its distinctive calyx, with a protrusion, or 'cap' on the adaxial (upper) lobe. It consists of about 360 species (Li & Hedge 1994;Paton 1990;Hsieh & Huang 1995;Paton in Harley et al 2004). The most recent account of the genus for the region was by Keng (1978) who recognised three species for Malesia, namely, S. discolor Colebr., S. indica L. and S. javanica Jungh.…”

Note on authorship and lectotypification of Scutellaria glechomoides (Lamiaceae) from Iran

“…Scutellaria Linnaeus (1753: 598), with 425 currently recognized species (Paton 1990a), is one of the large genera in the family Lamiaceae. In Flora Iranica (Rechinger 1982), the genus is represented by 40 species, of which only 22 species grow in Iran and 10 species are endemic.…”

“…Scutellaria glechomoides Boissier (1853: 67) ex Bentham (1848: 421) is an endemic species of Iran belonging to the subsection Lupulinaria (Hamilton 1832: 31) Paton (1990b: 347). Lupulinaria is the largest subsection with approximately 120 species distributed throughout North Africa and Eurasia (Paton 1990a, 1990b, Ranjbar & Mahmoudi 2013.…”