A new species of Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) from south-eastern Spain

Abstract

A new species, Orobanche portoilicitana A. Pujadas & M. B. Crespo (sect. Trionychon Wallr.) is described from the south-eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. This species inhabits coastal sand dunes where it is parasitic on Centaurea species. It is characterized by its dense, many-flowered inflorescences, which bear usually erect, pale bluish flowers with long apiculate anthers. Several morphological features relate the new species to O. olbiensis (Coss.) Nyman, a plant known only from southern France, with which it had been misidentified. A complete description and the diagnostic characters allowing differentiation from other taxa in the section are reported. Further data on ecology and conservation status are also presented.

Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of the enigmatic Orobanche krylowii (Orobanchaceae), a predominatly Asian species newly found in Albania (SE Europe)

“…have been described (Foley 1998, 2004, Carlón et al . 2005, 2008, Pujadas-Salvà & Crespo 2004, Pujadas-Salvà 2008), previously neglected species resurrected (Zázvorka 2010, Frajman et al . 2011), and new localities, sometimes far outside the previously known distribution range, (re)discovered (Pusch 2000, Carlón et al .…”

Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 11

“…Foley (2000) demonstrated that Orobanche rechingeri is conspecific with O. holotype: COA 31083), has a widespread distribution in the Mediterranean. It has also been recorded from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt (except Sinai, Pujadas & Crespo 2004;Carlón & al. 2005Carlón & al.…”

An account of common broomrape Orobanche minor (Orobanchaceae) in the British Isles

“…Recent approaches have shown a greater tendency than the earlier conservative treatment of Chater & Webb (1972) to treat host specific races within the genus as distinct species, these often demonstrating both a narrow geographical and host range. This has led to a spate of new species being described in the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and the Middle East in the last two decades (see for example: Pujadas-Salva & Crespo, 2004;Pujadas-Salva et al, 2005, Pujadas-Salva et al, 2008Domina & Danin, 2014;Zare & Dönmez, 2014;Piwowarczyk, 2015). Delineating taxa objectively and reliably is important for informing ecological surveys and for setting conservation priorities: for example in the British Isles, the native subsp.…”