Holoparasitic Orobanchaceae (Cistanche, Diphelypaea, Orobanche, Phelipanche) in Armenia: distribution, habitats, host range and taxonomic problems Author Piwowarczyk, Renata * Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 15 Świętokrzyska St., 25 - 406 Kielce, Poland; e-mail: renata. piwowarczyk @ ujk. edu. pl; renka 76 @ wp. pl renata.piwowarczyk@ujk.edu.pl Author Pedraja, Óscar Sánchez E- 39722 Liérganes (Cantabria), Spain. Author Moral, Gonzalo Moreno Santa Clara, 9 - 1. º dcha. E- 39001 Santander (Cantabria), Spain. Author Fayvush, George Department of Geobotany and Ecological Physiology, Institute of Botany of NAS RA, Yerevan 0040, Armenia. Author Zakaryan, Narine Department of Botany and Mycology, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, 1 A. Manoogian, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia. * author for correspondence Author Kartashyan, Nune Department of Botany and Mycology, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, 1 A. Manoogian, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia. * author for correspondence Author Aleksanyan, Alla * Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 15 Świętokrzyska St., 25 - 406 Kielce, Poland; e-mail: renata. piwowarczyk @ ujk. edu. pl; renka 76 @ wp. pl & Department of Geobotany and Ecological Physiology, Institute of Botany of NAS RA, Yerevan 0040, Armenia. & * Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 15 Świętokrzyska St., 25 - 406 Kielce, Poland; e-mail: renata. piwowarczyk @ ujk. edu. pl; renka 76 @ wp. pl renata.piwowarczyk@ujk.edu.pl text Phytotaxa 2019 2019-01-03 386 1 1 106 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.386.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.386.1.1 1179-3163 13725663 5. Phelipanche hajastanica Piwow., Ó. Sánchez & Moreno Mor. (2017d: 118) . Type :— ARMENIA ( holotype designated by Piwowarczyk et al. 2017d ): N of Zaritap (KTC!); isotypes : (ERE!, ERCB!). Fig. 11C . Distribution: —Southern Armenia , Vayk mountain range ( Vayots Dzor province ) ( Fig. 18 ). Habitat: —Rocky and sandy slopes with sparse vegetation, above 1400 m . Hosts: — Nepeta trautvetteri Boiss. & Buhse ( Lamiaceae ). Phenology: —Flowering end of May–June, fruiting June–July. Conservation status: —Critically Endangered (CR) – B 1 ab (iii) + 2 ab (iii); D. So far, known only from Armenia . Only one location is known. Population consists of 20 shoots (2016) and 10 (2017). Limiting factors are restricted EOO and AOO, and predicted climate change. Notes: — Phelipanche hajastanica morphologically resembles P. pulchella , P. bungeana and P. caesia but differs in several characteristics (detailed and comparative table in Piwowarczyk et al . 2017d ). Specimens examined: — ARMENIA . Vayots Dzor prov. : SE on Vayk , on the left side of Arpa river , Vayk mountain range , N of Zaritap , rocky slopes in small gorges , S , SW exposure, ca. 1410 m , 31 May 2016 , R . Piwowarczyk ( ERCB , ERE , KTC ), 14 June 2017 , vid. R . Piwowarczyk .