Contributions to the flora of Jordan: new and interesting plants from Dana Nature Reserve, SW Jordan

摘要

Rubia danaensis, Micromeria danaensis, and Silene danaemis from sandstone and limestone outcrops of the Dana Reserve, SW Jordan, are described as species new to science, illustrated, and compared with their closest relatives. The heterogeneous Teucrium leucocladum is subdivided into three subspecies and two varieties, of which subsp, sinaicum, subsp, jordanicum and subsp. leucocladum var glandulosum are described as new to science. Five taxa, i. e. Clypeola jonthlaspi subsp. microcarpa var. glabra, Hypericum sinaicum, Plantago sinaica, Flora Palaestina' area, and seven taxa, i.e. Alcea galilaea, Linum toxicum, Reaumuria negevemisVeronicapanor-mitana subsp, baradostensis, and V. polifolia are new records for the ', Saxifraga hederacea, Stachys zoharyana, Teucrium montbretii, and Typha elephantina are new records for Jordan.