A new Juncus of the section Tenageia from Morocco and Egypt.

Jan Kirschner 1 , Mohamed Rejdali 2 & Lenka Drábková 1

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice,Czech Republic
  2. Department of Vegetation Ecology, I. A. V. Hassan II, B. P. 6202, Rabat-Instituts, Marocco
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Abstract

A new annual species, Juncus maroccanus, of the section Tenageia, closely allied to Juncus foliosus Desf., is described from N Morocco. It differs from the latter in having smooth, glossy seeds, capsule shorter than perianth and shortly mucronate. The new species is known from a macrolocality in the Ksar-el-Kebir region, where it grows in non-saline sandy seepage sites. Another, much older specimen was collected in 1835 by W. Schimper in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Syntype specimens of Juncus rhiphaenus Pau et Font Quer were examined and found to be conspecific with Juncus foliosus.

Keywords

annual species, Juncaceae , Morocco, taxonomy

How to cite

Kirschner J., Rejdali M. & Drábková L. (2004) A new Juncus of the section Tenageia from Morocco and Egypt. – Preslia 76: 371–376