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Here we re-examine the\n                    <jats:italic>Cistanche<\/jats:italic>\n                    of Israel, a region that falls within the broader Middle Eastern centre of diversity for the genus, but has been neglected from systematic attention. In our reconsideration we address taxonomic confusion in the region and confirm the presence of\n                    <jats:italic>C. tubulosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>C. violacea<\/jats:italic>\n                    , report for the first time the occurrence of\n                    <jats:italic>C. laxiflora<\/jats:italic>\n                    plus a separate entity we refer to as\n                    <jats:italic>C. tinctoria<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and describe a new species,\n                    <jats:italic>C. mimii<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We observe considerable phenotypic plasticity hitherto unreported, for example fruit valve number. Together, our findings suggest that species circumscription and diversity are still poorly understood and require careful examination in the field at a local scale. We provide a key for all\n                    <jats:italic>Cistanche<\/jats:italic>\n                    species in the region, along with an assessment of their ecology and conservation considerations. Finally, we consider our findings within the broader context systematics in this complicated genus.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/phytokeys.260.158426","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,1]],"date-time":"2025-08-01T11:09:41Z","timestamp":1754046581000},"page":"213-236","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A revision of the genus Cistanche (Orobanchaceae) in Israel, and considerations for its taxonomic circumscription in the Middle East"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"260","author":[{"given":"Dar","family":"Ben-Natan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2822-0182","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Chris","family":"Thorogood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford, United Kingdom"},{"name":"University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2258","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"158426_B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11646\/phytotaxa.633.1.2"},{"key":"158426_B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/phytokeys.238.116470"},{"key":"158426_B3","author":"Ataei","year":"2017"},{"key":"158426_B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ympev.2020.106898"},{"key":"158426_B5","author":"Baker","year":"1895","journal-title":"CCCCVII.-Botany of the Hadramaut Expedition. In: Hooker WJ, Hooker JD (Eds) Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author\u2019s herbarium."},{"issue":"261","key":"158426_B6","first-page":"1","article-title":"Orobanchaceae. 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