New records of the genus Orobanche L. (Orobanchaceae) to the Tunisian flora with lectotypification of the name O. rapum-genistae Thuill. Author Mokni, Ridha El University of Monastir, Laboratory of Botany, Cryptogamy and Plant Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir, Avenue Avicenna, 5000 - Monastir (Tunisia) & University of Carthage, Laboratory of Forest Ecology, National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests, IRESA, 2080 - Ariana (Tunisia) Author Domina, Gianniantonio Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, viale delle Scienze, building 4, I- 90128 Palermo (Italy) gianniantonio.domina@unipa.it Author Barone, Giulio Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, viale delle Scienze, building 4, I- 90128 Palermo (Italy) text Adansonia 2023 3 2023-03-06 45 5 73 81 journal article 231583 10.5252/adansonia2023v45a5 e5a68d5f-5654-4937-9636-32a702f4d876 1639-4798 7710026 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) .