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Marmoritis rotundifolia Benth.

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Contributor Text: I.C. Hedge

Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: July-August.

Type: Type: [India, Kinnaur] Kanaour, ann. 1832, Boyle (holo. K!).

Distribution: Distribution: Kashmir, NW India, Tibet (?).

Comment/Acknowledgements: Clearly different in several characters from the previous species, but similar in habit and also apparently restricted to scree-like habitats up to the limits of vegetation. Herbarium material of both species from our area is inadequate. Field observations are needed to establish whether the flowers are regularly or only occasionally resupinate in our species.

The type specimen of Marmoritis rotundifolia is far from ideal and only a few poor floral parts are present. Bentham, 15 years after his original description of the genus, reduced it On De Candolle’s Prodromus 12:391. 1848) to a synonym of Nepeta sect. Glechoma. Later, Hooker On Flora British India 4: 662. 1885) had it as a synonym of Nepeta floccose - even though the former is the earlier name - remarking " Nepeta rotundifolia (Marmoritis) is founded on imperfect specimens of Nepeta floccose". However, despite the inadequate type specimen there is little doubt that it is the same as Nepeta thibetica and thus Marmoritis rotundifolia is the earliest name for the species and, when one accepts it, the genus.

Map Location: B-9 Kashmir: Ladak, above Stok, 5180 m, Maxwell A15 (E); Rupshu, Lachalang La, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); above Chortren Chen, Koelz 2962 (E).