Cotula australis Hook.f. (Asteraceae), a species newly introduced in Morocco

By

Jbilou, Abdelilah
Benkhnigue, Ouafae
Elaidi, Hind
Zidane, Lahcen
Dahmani, Jamila
Belahbib, Nadia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-10-2

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

661--668

Subjects

Cork-oak forest , Exotic flora , invasive , invasive , invasive , Maamora , Morphology , North Africa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.661

 

Abstract

We report the discovery of Cotula australis Hook.f. for the first time in Morocco and North Africa. We found it living in the cork-oak forest of Maamora (Northwest). This species, a member of the family Asteraceae, is introduced to Morocco and has potential to be highly invasive and destructive to the native environment. We describe the distinctive taxonomic and morphological characters of this species and provide notes on its distribution, ecology, and habitat.