Endemics in Family Order

Amaranthaceae
Traganopsis glomerata

Amaryllidaceae
Hannonia
Hannonia hesperidum
Narcissus juncifolius ssp rupicola

Apiaceae
Conopodium bunioides var atlantis
Eryngium triquetrum ssp xauense
Foeniculum subinodorum
Sclerosciadium nodiflorum

Asparagaceae
Anthericum liliago ssp algeriense
Ornithogalum umbellatum var algeriense

Asteraceae
Aliella
Aliella ballii
Aliella iminouakensis
Aliella platyphylla
Andryala arenaria
Anvillea platycarpa
Artemisia ifranensis
Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon macrophyllus
Cladanthus eriolepis
Cladanthus flahaultii
Cladanthus scariosus
Evax crocidion
Filago duriaei
Hedypnois arenicola
Helichrysum raynalianum
Heliocauta
Heliocauta atlantica
Hertia maroccana
Hypochaeris atlantica
Hypochaeris salzmanniana
Mycelis muralis
Nivellea
Nivellea nivellei
Phagnalon calycinum
Pyrethropsis
Pyrethropsis hosmariense
Senecio minutus
Volutaria belouinii
Volutaria maroccana
Volutaria ramosissima

Caryophyllaceae
Silene barbarea
Silene cuatrecasasii
Silene mekinenis

Cistaceae
Cistus atlanticus

Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus dryadum var tazekkensis

Crassulaceae
Sedum maurum

Fabaceae
Adenocarpus battandieri
Anthyllis vulneraria ssp rifana
Astragalus maurus
Cytisus scoparius ssp maurus

Hypericaceae
Hypericum hircinum ssp metroi

Lamiaceae
Marrubium fontianum
Origanum elongatum
Stachys circinata
Stachys durandiana
Thymus bleicherianus

Liliaceae
Tulipa sylvestris

Linaceae
Linum subasperifolium
Linum villarianum

Papaveraceae
Fumaria macrosepala

Plantaginaceae
Digitalis mauritanica
Linaria tristis

Plumbaginaceae
Armeria ebracteata

Poaceae
Festuca humbertii
Poa alpina ssp atlantica

Polygalaceae
Polygala baetica

Primulaceae
Primula acaulis

Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus aurisiacus
Ranunculus spicatus ssp fontqueri

Rosaceae
Cerasus avium

Rubiaceae
Galium viscosum

Salicaceae
Salix cinerea var atrocinerea

Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia sambucifolia ssp sambucifolia

Xanthorrhoeaceae
Asphodelus fistulosus var roseus


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Adenocarpus battandieri
Aliella
Aliella ballii
Aliella iminouakensis
Aliella platyphylla
Andryala arenaria
Anthericum liliago ssp algeriense
Anthyllis vulneraria ssp rifana
Anvillea platycarpa
Armeria ebracteata
Artemisia ifranensis
Asphodelus fistulosus var roseus
Astragalus maurus
Cerasus avium
Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon macrophyllus
Cistus atlanticus
Cladanthus eriolepis
Cladanthus flahaultii
Cladanthus scariosus
Conopodium bunioides var atlantis
Convolvulus dryadum var tazekkensis
Cytisus scoparius ssp maurus
Digitalis mauritanica
Eryngium triquetrum ssp xauense
Evax crocidion
Festuca humbertii
Filago duriaei
Foeniculum subinodorum
Fumaria macrosepala
Galium viscosum
Hannonia
Hannonia hesperidum
Hedypnois arenicola
Helichrysum raynalianum
Heliocauta
Heliocauta atlantica
Hertia maroccana
Hypericum hircinum ssp metroi
Hypochaeris atlantica
Hypochaeris salzmanniana
Linaria tristis
Linum subasperifolium
Linum villarianum
Marrubium fontianum
Mycelis muralis
Narcissus juncifolius ssp rupicola
Nivellea
Nivellea nivellei
Origanum elongatum
Ornithogalum umbellatum var algeriense
Phagnalon calycinum
Poa alpina ssp atlantica
Polygala baetica
Primula acaulis
Pyrethropsis
Pyrethropsis hosmariense
Ranunculus aurisiacus
Ranunculus spicatus ssp fontqueri
Salix cinerea var atrocinerea
Sclerosciadium nodiflorum
Scrophularia sambucifolia ssp sambucifolia
Sedum maurum
Senecio minutus
Silene barbarea
Silene cuatrecasasii
Silene mekinenis
Stachys circinata
Stachys durandiana
Thymus bleicherianus
Traganopsis glomerata
Tulipa sylvestris
Volutaria belouinii
Volutaria maroccana
Volutaria ramosissima

Summary

Included here are endemic plants listed for Morocco as a whole rather than just the biogeographic zone of South Morocco.

Of the endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 68 species in 56 genera and 26 families. There is one endemic genus (marked red) but no endemic families. However, this list is likely to be incomplete since there are estimated to be over 600 species endemic to Morocco.

References

Mathez, J., Quézel, P. & Raynaud, C. 1985. The Maghreb countries. In: Plant Conservation in the Mediterranean. Ed. C. Gómez-Campo. Dr W. Junk Publishers.

Médail, F. & Quézel, P. 1999. The phytogeological significance of S. W. Morocco compared to the Canary Islands. Plant Ecology, 140: 221-244.

Msanda, F., Aboudi, A. EL. & Pelter, J. P. 2002. Originalité de la flore et de la végétation de I’ Anti-Atlas sub-occidental (Maroc). Feddes Repertorium, 113: 603-615.

Quezel, P. 1978. Analysis of the flora of the Mediterranean and Saharan Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 65: 479-534.

White, F. 1983. The Vegetation of Africa. UNESCO.