An updated report on the distribution and conservation status of the endangered Cat’s Head Rockrose Helianthemum caput-felis (Magnoliopsida: Violales: Cistaceae) in Algeria

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Published: Mar 26, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2592.9.3.9885-9891
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conservation, IUCN, Mediterranean flora, northern Africa, threatened flora.

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Jonás C. Agulló
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN) & Instituto de la Biodiversidad-CIBIO, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-3793
Ana Juan
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN) & Instituto de la Biodiversidad-CIBIO, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2929-3818
Manuel B. Crespo
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN) & Instituto de la Biodiversidad-CIBIO, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-5637
María Ángeles Alonso
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN) & Instituto de la Biodiversidad-CIBIO, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3768-9203
Alejandro Terrones
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN) & Instituto de la Biodiversidad-CIBIO, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1640-4910

Abstract

Helianthemum caput-felis is an Endangered plant species growing in the western Mediterranean basin.  Its distribution is well known to the European and Moroccan regional populations, but no data from its distribution in Algeria have been reported since the middle 20th century.  In this study, we provide an up-to-date report on the distribution of the species in Algeria.  Fieldwork surveys in the classical locations were unsuccessful in finding the species, probably due to human habitat disturbances; however, a relict location was found in Ain-el-Kerma, near one of the historical known locations.  As there is reduced distribution we point out the main causes that threaten the habitat of H. caput-felis according to IUCN threats classification scheme and we also propose to label it in the Algerian Red List as regionally Critically Endangered (CRreg B1ab(i,ii,iii, v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,v); C2a(i,ii); D).

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