Centaurea ibn-tattoui (Asteraceae), a new narrow endemic species from north-eastern Morocco

Abstract

Centaurea ibn-tattoui is described and illustrated as a new species from north-eastern Morocco. Intermediate involucral bracts and leaves are the discriminant features separating it from other closely related taxa of C. sect. Acrocentron.

Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. (Phyllanthaceae), a newly naturalising species in Morocco

“…Nevertheless, investigators have been repeatedly surprised by the number of new additions to this flora. At least 16 taxa have been newly reported for the flora of Morocco and/or to science in the last nine years (Martínez-Rodríguez and Crespo 2013;Chambouleyron et al 2014Chambouleyron et al , 2015Alonso et al 2015;Dobignard 2015;Crespo et al 2016;Brullo et al 2017;Sant et al 2017;Khamar et al 2017Khamar et al , 2021Essokne et al 2018;Garcin 2019;Koch and Lemmel 2019;Chatelain et al 2020;Homrani-Bakali and Peltier 2020;Homrani-Bakali and Susanna 2021). These new discoveries demonstrate the importance of field investigations and show that many phytogeographic sectors of the Moroccan territory still remain underrepresented in botanical surveys.…”