Abstract
Stellaria ruderalis and S. cupaniana (Caryophyllaceae, Alsinoideae, Alsineae) are recorded from Tunisia for the first time, S. ruderalis being also new to continental Africa. Descriptions, notes on habitat, ecology, and distribution in Tunisia are given. Original photographs together with a key to the Stellaria taxa of Tunisia are also provided. The typification of the name Alsine cupaniana is discussed and a specimen preserved at LY is designated as the lectotype.
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<p>El Mokni, R., Verloove, F., Guiggi, A. & El Aouni, M.H. (2020) New records of cacti (Opuntioideae & Cactoideae, Cactaceae) from Tunisia. <em>Bradleya</em> 38: 35–50. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n38.2020.a6</p>
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<p>Gutermann, W., Schneeweiss, G.M., Schönswetter, P., Staudinger, M. & Wallinger, C. (2014) The vascular plants of Kálamos (Ionian Islands, Greece): a catalogue. (Materials towards a Flora Ionica). <em>Phyton</em> <em>(Horn, Austria)</em> 54 (2): 161–196. https://doi.org/10.12905/0380.phyton54(2)2014-0161</p>
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<p>Iamonico, D. (2016) Nomenclatural notes on four Linnaean names in <em>Arenaria </em>(Caryophyllaceae). <em>Taxon </em>65 (3): 610–616. https://doi.org/10.12705/653.13</p>
<p>Iamonico, D. (2019) Taxonomical, chorological and ecological notes on the Eastern Alps endemic <em>Arenaria huteri</em> (<em>Caryophyllaceae</em>-<em>Alsinoideae</em>). <em>Phyton (Horn, Austria) </em>59 (1): 17–25. https://doi.org/10.12905/0380.phyton59-2019-0017</p>
<p>Iamonico, D. (2020) <em>Cerastium kochianum,</em> nom. nov. (Caryophyllaceae): a new name for <em>C. arvense</em> var. <em>strictum</em>. <em>Novon</em> 28: 15–16. https://doi.org/10.3417/2019355</p>
<p>Iamonico, D. (2021) <em>Engellaria</em> (Caryophyllaceae), a new North American genus segregated from <em>Stellaria</em>. <em>Acta Botanica Mexicana</em> 128: e1846. https://doi.org/10.21829/abm128.2021.1846</p>
<p>Iamonico, D. (2022) Notas nomenclaturales sobre el género <em>Arenaria</em> (Caryophyllaceae) en Chile. <em>Darwiniana n.s. </em>10 (1): 187–192. https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2022.101.967</p>
<p>Iamonico, D. & El Mokni, R. (2019) A new addition to the alien flora of Tunisia, <em>Amaranthus spinosus </em>L. (Amaranthaceae s.l.), with notes on <em>A. diacanthus </em>Raf. <em>Acta Botanica Croatica</em> 78 (1): 91–94. https://doi.org/10.2478/botcro-2018-0009</p>
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<p>Lepší, M., Lepší, P., Koutecký, P., Lučanová, M., Koutecká, E. & Kaplan, Z. (2019) <em>Stellaria ruderalis</em>, a new species in the <em>Stellaria media </em>group from central Europe. <em>Preslia</em> 91: 391–420. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.391</p>
<p>Marhold, K. (2011+) <em>Stellaria media </em>(L.) Vill. <em>In</em>: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Available from: https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/92179d9a-d58d-472a-a6f1-3dacc6ea8d53 (accessed 21 September 2022)</p>
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