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Published: 2022-04-01
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Centaurea achilleifolia (Asteraceae), a new endemic species from the Oriental Middle Atlas of Morocco

Regional Center of Agricultural Research of Errachidia, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Avenue Ennasr, BP 415 Rabat Principale, 10090 Rabat, Morocco
Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), pg. del Migdia, s/n, Parc de Montjuïc, ES-08038 Barcelona, Spain
Centaury Compositae Melanoloma North Africa Vascular plants Eudicots

Abstract

Centaurea achilleifolia (C. sect. Melanoloma) is illustrated and described as a new species, with records in the Oriental Middle-Atlas of Morocco (Bou Naceur mountain). It differs from similar taxa in the section by its peculiar bipinnatisect leaves, which recall some Achillea species.

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