Sobre la presencia de Cotoneaster tomentosus (Aiton) Lindl. en la provincia de Ciudad Real (España)

Juan Francisco Jiménez Martínez; José Luis Cánovas Rubio; Carlos Aedo Pérez; Rubén Ramírez Rodríguez; Helena Blanca Ordóñez; Pedro Sánchez Gómez

doi:10.24310/abm.51.2026.22511

Authors

Juan Francisco Jiménez Martínez Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-1429
José Luis Cánovas Rubio Spain
Carlos Aedo Pérez Spain
Rubén Ramírez Rodríguez Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4849-4233
Helena Blanca Ordóñez Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-4666
Pedro Sánchez Gómez Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/abm.51.2026.22511

Keywords:

chorology, Rosaceae, ITS nuclear spacer, threatened flora

Abstract

In this paper, we report a new record of Cotoneaster tomentosus in the province of Ciudad Real (Castile-La Mancha), which is the southernmost record of this species in the Iberian Peninsula. Given the difficulty in determining the taxonomic assignment of some species in the genus, a morphological study and a molecular sequencing study have been conducted to accurately identify this species. Both studies confirm the identity of this new individual as C. tomentosus. In addition, data on its ecology and measures for its conservation are provided, as it is a species included in the Regional Catalogue of Threatened Species of Castile-La Mancha.

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