Abstract
A group of Lamiaceae that has caused confusion over its
generic boundaries are those species belonging to the complex
surrounding the genera Satureja, Calamintha, Micromeria,
Clinopodium and Acinos. In the current study, morphological
and taxonomical characteristics of two endemic subspecies
of Clinopodium troodi (Post) Govaerts subsp. vardaranum
(Leblebici) Govaerts and Clinopodium troodi (Post) Govaerts
subsp. grandiflorum (Hartvig and Å.Strid) Govaerts were
studied for the first time using stereoscopic microscopy and
detailed descriptions and illustrations of general appearance
of plants and their leaf, bract, flower, calyx, corolla and fruit
shapes were described and illustrated. At the same time,
the variation borders of subspecies in Flora of Turkey was
expanded and a identification key prepared. According to
Flora of Turkey, status of a sample collecting from Denizli of
C. troodi is doubtfull and here its real status was determined as
subsp. grandiflorum.