Orobanche calendulae Pomel

Mokni, Ridha El, Domina, Gianniantonio & Barone, Giulio, 2023, New records of the genus Orobanche L. (Orobanchaceae) to the Tunisian flora with lectotypification of the name O. rapum-genistae Thuill., Adansonia (3) 45 (5), pp. 73-81 : 74

2. Orobanche calendulae Pomel

Bulletin de la Société des Sciences physiques, naturelles et climatologiques de l’Algérie 11: 110 ( Pomel 1874).

LECTOTYPE. — Designated by Domina et al. 2013: 761, MPU [ MPU004862 ]photo!; isolecto-, ( P [ P00102804 ]photo!) .

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. — This species is native to the Iberian Peninsula (S Portugal to SW Spain) and North Africa from the Canary Islands and Madeira to Morocco and Algeria (Domina & Raab-Straube 2010; Domina et al. 2013; Dobignard & Chatelain 2013; APD 2022; POWO 2022 -onward). In Tunisia it is here reported for the first time.

DISTRIBUTION IN TUNISIA. — Along the northern coast of Tabarka, Melloula-Larmèel (NW Tunisia).

HOSTS IN TUNISIA. — Collected on Calendula suffruticosa Vahl.

HABITAT. — Grassy slopes with clayey soils, on sunny places.

FLOWERING PERIOD. — April to May.

SPECIMINA VISA. — Tunisia. Tabarka (Jendouba), 36°57’35”N, 008°45’04”E, 20 m a.s.l., 5.VI.2021, R. El Mokni s.n. (Herb. Univ. Monastir) .