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Planta perennis (20–) 
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longa, calyce 
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tall, with 1(–2) stems, glabrous, caudex thick and woody. Basal leaves (6–)7–11(–13) × (1.8–)2.0–2.8(–3.0) cm, the upper ones green-glaucous at anthesis, the lower ones usually withered and persistent (3–)4–7(–9) × (0.5–)0.7–1.7(–2.5) cm. Leaf blade from ovate to spathulate, epidermis rough verrucose with numerous papillae; marked midrib reaching the upper third of the leaf blade, with 2–4 lateral nerves also visible but slender and less marked; apex acute or subacute; apiculum exerted, up to 
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long; margin membranous about 
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wide; petiole up to 
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wide, reaching between ½ to ¾ of the blade length. Stem (15–)25–45(–50) cm long, erect, straight, glabrous, papillate, 
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thick. Branching starting from the ½ or ⅔ of the total length of the stem. Inflorescence (4–)10–20(–25) cm long, open or with spikelets densely arranged; shape rombic or lanceolate, with 0–2(–3) short sterile branches. Spikes (5–)8–18(–20) mm, dense, straight or slightly arched downwards, erect– patent. Flowers 
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, surpassing 1.0– 
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the inner bract; tube covered with hairs in a single side, glabrous to glabrescent in the other; teeth 0.6–0.8 × 
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, widely triangular–ovate, obtuse; tube ribs not reaching the base of the teeth. Petals 7.2–7.8 × 
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, emarginated, cuneiform, violet. Stigma smooth (cob 
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). Pollen showing a wide reticulum (A 
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). Fruit 1.5 × 
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. Seeds smooth, reddish, 1.5–2.0 mm long, narrowly ovate.
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C15B8BEE8D048F9AB" bold="true" box="[189,328,1530,1555]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">Etymology:</emphasis>
—The specific epithet refers to the 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C17FCBEE8D2A7F9AB" box="[761,935,1530,1555]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">locus classicus</emphasis>
, Albufera Natural Park (
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, 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC76D35A67338A2C15B8BD50D2EDF9E3" blockId="1.[136,1452,810,2059]" box="[189,1005,1601,1627]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C15B8BD50D043F9E3" bold="true" box="[189,323,1602,1627]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">Phenology:</emphasis>
—Flowering time, July‒August; fruiting time, July‒October.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C15B8BD74D0CCF9C7" bold="true" box="[189,460,1638,1663]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">Chromosome number:</emphasis>
—2 
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= 26.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C15B8BD98D0B5F91B" bold="true" box="[189,437,1674,1699]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">Taxonomic remarks:</emphasis>
— 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C14D4BD98D3B3F91B" box="[465,691,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">Limonium albuferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a polyploid (triploid) species showing 2 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C1189BD98D59AF91B" box="[1164,1178,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">n</emphasis>
= 26 chromosomes. The karyotype is composed by three chromosome sets, two showing paired chromosomes from 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C119DBDBCD5A4F97F" box="[1176,1188,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">x</emphasis>
= 9 and a single set of unpaired 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C15F6BDC0D1FFF953" box="[243,255,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">x</emphasis>
= 8 genome. These features also characterize 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C1615BDC0D2BCF953" box="[784,956,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">L. girardianum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67338A2C16C9BDC0D5E3F953" author="Castro, M. &amp; Rossello, J. A." box="[972,1251,1746,1771]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115" pagination="257 - 272" refId="ref5243" refString="Castro, M. &amp; Rossello, J. A. (2007) Karyology of Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) species from the Balearic Islands and the western Iberian Peninsula. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (2): 257 - 272. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8339.2007.00703. x" type="journal article" year="2007">Castro &amp; Rosselló 2007</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, suggesting their hybrid origin from reduced and unreduced gametes from 2 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C161CBDE4D227F8B7" box="[793,807,1782,1807]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">n</emphasis>
= 16 and 2 
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= 18 ancestors. Both species show divergent ideograms, as 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C142CBC08D0B1F88B" box="[297,433,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">L. albuferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shows more metacentric chromosomes in both the 
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= 8 (
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+ 4 sm + 1 st) and 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C103CBC08D445F88B" box="[1337,1349,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">x</emphasis>
= 9 (
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+ 1 sm + 1 st) genomes than 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C14C9BC2CD389F8EF" box="[460,649,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">
<taxonomicName id="7BC9A8D967338A2C14C9BC2CD377F8EF" baseAuthorityName="Castro &amp; Rossello" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[460,631,1854,1879]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plumbaginaceae" genus="Limonium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="1" pageNumber="115" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="girardianum">L. girardianum</taxonomicName>
x
</emphasis>
= 8 (
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+ 2 sm + 1 st) and 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C16CCBC2CD2D5F8EF" box="[969,981,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">x</emphasis>
= 9 (
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+ 3 sm).
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<paragraph id="BC76D35A67338A2C15B8BC70D331F7B3" blockId="1.[136,1452,810,2059]" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">
Morphological features also discriminate the new species from 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C169ABC70D54DF8C3" box="[927,1101,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">L. girardianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, mainly concerning the major robustness, and overall dimensions of leaves, scapes, inflorescences, spikes and spikelets, and the inner bract, and comparative smaller size of the outer and middle bracts of the former. In addition, the plastid haplotype from the trnTtrnL spacer of 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C1429BCDCD0B5F85F" box="[300,437,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">L. albuferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the three other haplotypes detected in 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C16FDBCDCD5A3F85F" box="[1016,1187,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">L. girardianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
through its distribution area (Rosato 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867338A2C1419BCE0D04DF7B3" box="[284,333,2034,2059]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="115">et al</emphasis>
., unpublished data).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867308A2F158DBC9AD1FFF825" bold="true" box="[136,255,1928,1949]" pageId="2" pageNumber="116">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Habitus of 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867308A2F1477BC9AD336F825" box="[370,566,1928,1949]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="116">Limonium albuferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Voucher: 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867308A2F179ABC9AD2F0F825" box="[671,1008,1928,1949]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="116">
Ferrer–Gallego &amp; 
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013002
</emphasis>
(Valencia: El Saler, Racó de l’Olla, Valencia, Spain, VAL 226811). Drawing by R. Roselló.
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E158DBF8ED1FDFB09" bold="true" box="[136,253,1180,1201]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1406BF8ED0CEFB09" box="[259,462,1180,1201]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">
<taxonomicName id="7BC9A8D967318A2E1406BF8ED0C9FB09" authorityName="P. P. Ferrer, R. Rosello, M. Rosato, Rossello &amp; E. Laguna" authorityYear="2016" box="[259,457,1180,1201]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plumbaginaceae" genus="Limonium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albuferae">Limonium albuferae</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
(a) spikes and spikelets; (b) outer bract; (c) middle bract; (d) inner bract; (e) calyx at anthesis (left) and at fruit stages (right). Voucher: 
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Ferrer–Gallego &amp; 
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013002
</emphasis>
(Valencia: El Saler, Racó de l’Olla, Valencia, Spain, VAL 226811). Drawing by R. Roselló.
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In the past, the new species was mistaken with 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E17F6BE3BD2A1FAFA" box="[755,929,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. girardianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and related forms. Previous floristic records from the Devesa de la Albufera (
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) refer to the populations of the new species as 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E11F8BE5FD40DFADE" box="[1277,1293,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E101ABE5FD4ACFADE" box="[1311,1452,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">girardianum</emphasis>
subsp. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E15D3BE63D051FA32" box="[214,337,1393,1418]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">wildenowii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E145ABE63D31EFA32" author="Poiret, J. L. M." box="[351,542,1393,1418]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" pagination="234 - 238" refId="ref6446" refString="Poiret, J. L. M. (1817) Statice L. In: Lamarck, J. B. de &amp; Poiret, J. L. M. (Eds.) Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique, Suppl. 5. H. Agasse, Paris, pp. 234 - 238." type="book chapter" year="1817">Poiret 1817: 236</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E1728BE63D21CFA32" author="Fournier, P. V." box="[557,796,1393,1418]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" pagination="577 - 832" refId="ref5639" refString="Fournier, P. V. (1937) Les Quatre Flores de la France. Corse comprise (generale, alpine, mediterraneenne, littorale). Edition 1. Poinsonles-Grancey (Haute-Marne), pp. 577 - 832." type="book chapter" year="1937">Fournier (1937: 721)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. The latter taxon is currently to be applied to 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E101CBE63D429FA32" box="[1305,1321,1393,1418]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1032BE63D1FBFA16" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">auriculae-ursifolium</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E140DBE87D0D4FA16" author="Pourret, P. A." box="[264,468,1429,1454]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" refId="ref6503" refString="Pourret, P. A. (1788) Extrait de la Statice auriculae-ursifolia. Histoire et Memoires de de l'Academie Royale de Science de Toulouse 3: 330." type="journal volume" year="1788">Pourret 1788: 330</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E14E4BE87D39FFA16" author="Druce, G. C." box="[481,671,1429,1454]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" refId="ref5494" refString="Druce, G. C. (1928) British plant list. 2 nd ed. T. Buncle, Arbroath, 154 pp." type="book" year="1928">Druce (1928: 77)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(Domina 2011), a species occurring to the Western and South-Western coasts of the Iberian Peninsula. 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E14E2BEABD0F7FA6A" box="[487,503,1465,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1706BEABD3EBFA6A" box="[515,747,1465,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">auriculae-ursifolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1679BEABD503FA6A" box="[892,1027,1465,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. albuferae</emphasis>
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by its chromosome number (2 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1050BEABD463FA6A" box="[1365,1379,1465,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">n</emphasis>
= 25), and by their longer calyx, and outer, middle and inner bracts (
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). In addition, 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1121BECFD5ACFA4E" box="[1060,1196,1501,1526]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. albuferae</emphasis>
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was earlier interpreted as the hybrid between 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E148FBD13D380F9A2" box="[394,640,1537,1562]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. angustebracteatum</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName id="7BC9A8D967318A2E17BCBD13D505F9A2" authority="(Erben 1993)" baseAuthorityName="Erben" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[697,1029,1537,1562]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plumbaginaceae" genus="Limonium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="girardianum">
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E17BCBD13D265F9A2" box="[697,869,1537,1562]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. girardianum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E1671BD13D2FCF9A2" author="Erben, M." box="[884,1020,1537,1562]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" pagination="2 - 143" refId="ref5545" refString="Erben, M. (1993) Limonium Mill. In: Castroviejo, S., Aedo, C., Cirujano, S., Lainz, M., Montserrat, P., Morales, R., Munoz Garmendia, F., Navarro, C., Paiva, J. &amp; Soriano, C. (Eds.) Flora iberica, vol. 3. Real Jardin Botanico, C. S. I. C., Madrid, pp. 2 - 143." type="book chapter" year="1993">Erben 1993</bibRefCitation>
)
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, although the morphological features are not intermediate between these species (
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).
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<paragraph id="BC76D35A67318A2E15B8BD5BD371F976" blockId="3.[136,1452,1321,2066]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">
<taxonomicName id="7BC9A8D967318A2E15B8BD5BD0A0F9DA" authorityName="P. P. Ferrer, R. Rosello, M. Rosato, Rossello &amp; E. Laguna" authorityYear="2016" box="[189,416,1609,1634]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plumbaginaceae" genus="Limonium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albuferae">
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E15B8BD5BD0A0F9DA" box="[189,416,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Limonium albuferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shows some morphological similarities with 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1691BD5BD2A4F9DA" box="[916,932,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E16B4BD5BD535F9DA" box="[945,1077,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">scopulorum</emphasis>
Crespo &amp; Lledó
</taxonomicName>
(in 
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E1012BD5BD1B6F93E" author="Crespo, M. B." pageId="3" pageNumber="117" pagination="177 - 190" refId="ref5362" refString="Crespo, M. B. (2009) A new coastal species of Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) from southeastern Spain. Folia Geobotanica 44: 177 - 190. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12224 - 009 - 9035 - z" type="journal article" year="2009">Crespo 2009: 178</bibRefCitation>
). The latter species grows on rocky coasts, and shows smaller leaves and narrower petioles 1.5–3.0(–4.0) mm width, longer scapes, and smaller spikelet length (with less densely arranged flowers), outer and inner bracts, calyx length and calyx teeth, and petals (Tabla 1).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E15B8BDCBD353F94A" bold="true" box="[189,595,1753,1778]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Distribution, habitat and ecology:</emphasis>
—The new species is known so far from two small sites at the Devesa de la Albufera (Racó de l’Olla, and Estany del Pujol; 
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). The populations inhabit the saline and sandy soils in 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E104DBDEFD4ACF8AE" box="[1352,1452,1789,1814]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Juncetea</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E158DBC33D1E8F882" box="[136,232,1825,1850]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">maritimi</emphasis>
Br.
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-Bl. in Br.-Bl., Roussine &amp; Nègre 1952 communities (
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<taxonomicName id="7BC9A8D967318A2E167ABC33D52BF882" box="[895,1067,1825,1850]" class="Aves" family="Passerellidae" genus="Junco" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maritimi">Junco maritimi</taxonomicName>
-Caricetum extensae
</emphasis>
Géhu 1976), being associated to e.g. 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1490BC57D39BF8E6" box="[405,667,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Limonium girardianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="7BC9A8D967318A2E17ACBC57D24AF8E6" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1768" box="[681,842,1861,1886]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Plumbaginaceae" genus="Limonium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="narbonense">
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E17ACBC57D24AF8E6" box="[681,842,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. narbonense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1652BC57D267F8E6" box="[855,871,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1670BC57D2D9F8E6" box="[885,985,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">virgatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E16EDBC57D5AFF8E6" box="[1000,1199,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Juncus maritimus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E158DBC7BD058F83A" box="[136,344,1897,1922]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Scirpus maritimus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E1467BC7BD34EF83A" author="Linnaeus, C." box="[354,590,1897,1922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" refId="ref5957" refString="Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species plantarum, vol. 1. L. Salvius, Stockholm, 560 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 669" type="book" year="1753">Linnaeus (1753: 51)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1758BC7BD214F83A" box="[605,788,1897,1922]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">S. holoschoenus</emphasis>
subsp. 
<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E1675BC7BD2D1F83A" box="[880,977,1897,1922]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">romanus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E16E7BC7BD5BCF83A" author="Linnaeus, C." box="[994,1212,1897,1922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" refId="ref5957" refString="Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species plantarum, vol. 1. L. Salvius, Stockholm, 560 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 669" type="book" year="1753">Linnaeus 1753: 49</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E11CBBC7BD00FF81E" author="Mateo, G. &amp; Figuerola, R." pageId="3" pageNumber="117" refId="ref6152" refString="Mateo, G. &amp; Figuerola, R. (1987) Flora analitica de la provincia de Valencia. Ed. Alfons el Magnanim, IVEI. Valencia, 385 pp." type="book" year="1987">Mateo &amp; Figuerola (1987: 369)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E15B8BCA3D0B3F872" bold="true" box="[189,435,1969,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">Conservation status:</emphasis>
—The number of know individuals is about 1000. At the Racó de l’Olla site 265 individuals were counted, covering an area of about 
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. The population from Estany del Pujol is larger, including 652 individuals in 
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. On the basis of the criterion D2, 
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<emphasis id="8EBD0F4867318A2E17F8BCEBD287F7AA" box="[765,903,2041,2066]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="117">L. albuferae</emphasis>
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can be evaluated as “Vulnerable” (
<bibRefCitation id="D858AEAB67318A2E1010BCEBD4A0F7AA" author="IUCN" box="[1301,1440,2041,2066]" pageId="3" pageNumber="117" refId="ref5845" refString="IUCN (2014) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 11. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. Available from: http: // www. iucnredlist. org / documents / RedListGuidelines. pdf (accessed 23 February 2016)" type="url" year="2014">IUCN 2014</bibRefCitation>
). In order to ensure its surviving, the 
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for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF) started in 2012 a recovery programme through propagation by seeds in order to obtain new seeds/plants for its conservation in the CIEF’s Germplasm Bank.
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