TABLE 1 in Phelipanche cingularum (Orobanchaceae), a new species from southern France

TABLE 1. Diagnostic characters of presumably related species.
Considered taxaReasons for the comparisonMain diagnostic features with regards to Ph. cingularumStems thinner; flowers smaller (12–18 mm),Ph. nana (Noë ex Rchb.) Soják (1972: 140)more patent; corollas somewhat humped A rather common species across the area, subapically, less open, often more colourful, superficially similar, with a wide range of mostly with the corners of the mouth visible in lateral annual hosts. view; lip lobes elliptic, entire; style usuallysubglabrous.Ph. lainzii J. Gómez Nav. et al. (2012: 17)Similar to Ph. nana but unknown in France, as well as its host, Cleonia lusitanica (L.) L.Smaller flowers (16–20 mm), with entire or slightly erose lobes; stamen filaments basally covered with short hairs.Flowers smaller (15–19 mm); lower lip lobesPh. oxyloba (Reut.) Soják (1972:Superficially similar; unclear relations withdivergent and plicate, entire or sometimes130)western Mediterranean species.shallowly toothed; corolla less open, usuallyless than 90º.Ph. mutelii (F.W. Schultz) Pomel (1874: 106)Superficially similar; mainly parasitic on Asteraceae, but reliably recorded on plants from other families.Stems thinner; flowers more erect; lower lip lobes obtuse, rounded, somewhat erose, rarely shallowly toothed; style usually subglabrous.Calyx with much longer segments; stigmaRather common species across the area,yellowish; stem taller, unbranched, morePh. cernua Pomel (1874: 105)occurring in similar environments, but seemingly pigmented; corollas grayish blue, stronglyalways parasitic on Lactuca.curved dorsally; lower lip lobes elliptic, entire,convergent; style and filaments glabrous.Ph. brassicae (Novopokr.) Soják (1972: 129)A synanthropic plant, often attacking fields of Brassicaceae.Corollas ascending, narrower, straight, pale; inflorescences dense; filaments subglabrous except a few short hairs at base.Ph. aegyptiaca (Pers.) Pomel (1874: 107)A synanthropic southern Mediterranean plant, allegedly sometimes attacking fields of Brassicaceae.Plants often much-branched; corollae ascending, much larger in regard of the calyx (to 37 mm); corolla lip lobes entire.Ph. ramosa (L.) Pomel (1874:A synanthropic plant, allegedly sometimesPlants often much-branched; flowers small;103)attacking fields of Brassicaceae.corolla lip lobes entire.Ph. gussoneana (Lojac.) Domina et al. (2018: 209)Described from limestone Mediterranean mountains (Sicily), mistakenly recorded from southern France.Plants more pigmented throughout; inflorescence denser, somewhat club-like; corollas smaller (c. 15 mm); lower lip lobes divergent, rhomboidal, entire.
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