A paper from 2018 [Moreno et al. Contributions to the knowledge of Cistanche (Orobanchaceae) in the Western Palearctic. Phyton (Horn, Austria) 57(1-2): 19-36] has provided important novelties for the genus Cistanche in the area of the Iberian Peninsula and western North Africa. They are reported here:

Cistanche lutea (no more a synonym of C. phelypaea):
http://www.farmalierganes.com/Flora/Angiospermae/Orobanchaceae/Cistanche/Cistanche_lutea/Cistanche_lutea.htm (with a key)

Cistanche lutea var. violaceoides (it replaces the findings of C. violacea in southwestern Spain):
http://www.farmalierganes.com/Flora/Angiospermae/Orobanchaceae/Cistanche/Cistanche_phelipaea/Cistanche_phelypaea_subsp_lutea/Cistanche_phelypaea_subsp_lutea.htm

Cistanche phelypaea:
http://www.farmalierganes.com/Flora/Angiospermae/Orobanchaceae/Cistanche/Cistanche_phelypaea/Cistanche_phelypaea.htm (with a key)

C. violacea (now excluded from the Iberian Peninsula):
http://www.farmalierganes.com/Flora/Angiospermae/Orobanchaceae/Cistanche/Cistanche_violacea/Cistanche_violacea.htm

The paper can be requested here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323029733_Contributions_to_the_knowledge_of_Cistanche_Orobanchaceae_in_the_Western_Palearctic

Posted on January 27, 2022 11:45 AM by blue_celery