Bornmuellera tymphaea (Hausskn.) Hausskn.
Taxon info
Bornmuellera tymphaea is endemic to the serpentine areas of NW Greece, where it may be locally gregarious in pastures and stabilized screes at moderate altitude (generally 1000–1700 m). Surprisingly, it hybridizes with the rather different B. baldaccii, which grows at higher altitude in the same area, and even with Leptoplax emarginata (a tall plant with very different fruits). The generic name commemorates Joseph Bornmüller (1862–1948), a well-known German plant taxonomist who collected extensively in the Balkan Peninsula and Middle East and succeeded Haussknecht as curator of the important herbarium at Weimar.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem; Athens: Hellenic Botanical Society. p. 330
