New analysis of the endemic vascular plants of Algeria, their diversity, distribution pattern and conservation status Author Meddour, Rachid Mouloud Mammeri University, Department of Agronomic Sciences, Hasnaoua & SF, United Kingdom; stephenljury 21 @ btinternet. com stephenljury21@btinternet.com Author Sahar, Ouahiba Mouloud Mammeri University, Department of Agronomic Sciences, Hasnaoua & SF, United Kingdom; stephenljury 21 @ btinternet. com stephenljury21@btinternet.com Author Jury, Stephen BP 17 RP, 15000, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria; o. sahar @ yahoo. fr & Grove Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU o.sahar@yahoo.fr text Willdenowia 2023 2023-03-21 53 1 25 43 https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.53.53102 journal article 311290 10.3372/wi.53.53102 42ca2ccc-5e5c-4c07-bf8e-a1ea6f334f36 1868-6397 16415127

Table 1. List of taxa previously considered as Algerian endemics (Dobignard & Chatelain 2010 –2013) but now no longer considered as Algerian endemics, with reasons for their exclusion.

Excluded endemic taxa	Reasons for exclusion
Armeria mauritanica Wallr.	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Brassica fruticulosa subsp. radicata (Desf.) Batt.	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022; Euro+Med 2022)
Bufonia duvaljouvei Batt. & Trab. subsp. duvaljouvei	Reported from Morocco (Euro+Med 2022)
Cenchrus rogeri (Stapf & C. E. Hubb.) F. Verloove	Synonym of Cenchrus violaceus (Lam.) Morrone widely present from Sahara to Sahel (POWO 2022)
Crotalaria vialattei Batt.	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Dianthus cintranus subsp. mauritanicus (Pomel) Greuter & Burdet	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Fedia graciliflora subsp. diana Mathez & Xena (syn. Valeriana graciliflora (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Byng & Christenh.)	Subspecies previously distinguished no longer recognized and species widely present in W Mediterranean region (POWO 2022)
Fumaria munbyi Boiss. & Reut.	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Gagea mauritanica Durieu	Reported from Balearic Islands (Euro+Med 2022)
Lathyrus allardii Batt.	Battandier (1895) already considered it a weed in Algeria; perhaps only a form of Lathyrus gorgoni Parl., native farther east and occasionally introduced (Domina & al. 2015; POWO 2022)
Limonium ramosissimum (Poir.) Maire	Widely distributed in W Mediterranean region (Euro+Med 2022)
Linaria tristis subsp. marginata (Desf.) Maire	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Myrtus nivellei Batt. & Trab. subsp. nivellei	Reported from Chad and presence questionable in Libya (APD 2022)
Odontites lapiei Batt.	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Odontites purpureus (Desf.) G. Don subsp. purpureus (syn. Odontites purpureus (Desf.) G. Don)	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022) and Morocco, Tunisia and Spain (Euro+Med 2022); autonym not used (APD 2022)
Odontites rigidifolius (Biv. ex Spreng.) Benth.	Reported from Sicily (Euro+Med 2022)
Odontites triboutii Gren. & Paill.	Reported from Tunisia (APD 2022)
Odontites violaceus Pomel	Reported from Morocco (Euro+Med 2022)
Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei (Batt. & Trab.) Cif.	Reported from Niger, Chad and South Sudan (APD 2022)
Ophrys pectus Mutel (syn. O. pallida Raf.)	Reported from Sicily (APD 2022)
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. moesziana Soó	Synonym of Ophrys fusca Link subsp. fusca widely distributed in Mediterranean region (Euro+Med 2022)
Opophytum gaussenii (Leredde) Greuter & Burdet	Synonym of Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum Hook. f. reported from several countries (Namibia, Morocco, Canary Islands, Libya, Egypt and Palestine) (APD 2022)
Orobanche ducellieri Maire	Synonym of Phelipanche mutelii (F. W. Schultz) Pomel widely distributed in Mediterranean region (APD 2022; Euro+Med 2022)
Pentzia monodiana Maire	Reported from Chad (APD 2022)
Potamogeton hoggarensis Dandy	Reported from Chad (APD 2022)
Pulicaria volkonskyana Maire	Reported from Niger (Carvalho & Gillet 1960) and Chad (POWO 2022)
Roegneria marginata subsp. kabylica (Maire & Weiller) Dobignard (syn. Pseudoroegneria marginata (H. Lindb.) V. Lucía & al.)	Subspecies previously distinguished no longer recognized and species also reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Romulea battandieri Bég.	Synonym of Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri subsp. columnae widely present in W Europe and Mediterranean region (Euro+Med 2022)
Salicornia deserticola A. Chev.	Synonym of Sarcocornia fruticosa (L.) A. J. Scott distributed in circum-Mediterranean region (Euro+Med 2022)
Saxifraga trabutiana Engl. & Irmsch.	Reported from Morocco (APD 2022) and Spain (Euro+Med 2022)
Scorzoneroides muelleri subsp. reboudiana (Pomel) Greuter	Reported from Morocco and Tunisia (APD 2022)
Senecio perralderianus Coss. & Durieu subsp. perralderianus (syn. S. perralderianus Coss. & Durieu)	Subspecies previously distinguished under S. perralderianus no longer recognized and species also reported from Morocco (APD 2022)
Senecio squalidus subsp. aurasiacus (Batt. & Trab.) C. Alexander	Reported from Sicily (APD 2022; Euro+Med 2022)
Sideritis incana subsp. atlantica (Pomel) Dobignard	Reported from Morocco and Tunisia (APD 2022)
Stipagrostis pungens subsp. pubescens (Henrard) H. Scholz (syn. S. pungens (Desf.) De Winter)	Subspecies previously distinguished under S. pungens no longer recognized and species widely distributed from Sahara to Afghanistan (POWO 2022)
Stipagrostis pungens subsp. transiens (Maire) H. Scholz (syn. S. pungens (Desf.) De Winter)	Subspecies previously distinguished under S. pungens no longer recognized and species widely distributed from Sahara to Afghanistan (POWO 2022)
Thymus dreatensis Batt.	Reported from Morocco (Euro+Med 2022)