Thalictrum speciosissimum explained

Thalictrum speciocissimum is a species of meadow-rue (Thalictrum). It is native to Portugal and Spain on the Iberian Peninsula, and to Morocco and Algeria in northwestern Africa.

It is a species in the Betic-Rifan flora, a group of plant species common to the Baetic mountains of southern Spain and the Rif mountains of northern Morocco.^[1]

Two subspecies are accepted.

• Thalictrum speciosissimum subsp. albini (synonym Thalictrum albini) – Spain
• Thalictrum speciosissimum subsp. speciosissimum (synonyms Thalictrum angulosum, T. cinereum, T. cuneatum, T. densiflorum, T. discolor, T. flavum subsp. glaucum, T. flavum var. speciosum, T. glaucum, T. speciosum) – Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain

Notes and References

1. Linares, Juan & García-Cervigón, Ana & Dugo-Díaz, M.L. & Garcilaso, D. & Lechuga Ordóñez, Víctor & Blanes, M.C. & Viñegla, Benjamín. (2014). "Sierra Nevada Range, the Biodiversity Legacy of the Southernmost European Glaciated Mountain", in Mountains: Geology, Topography and Environmental Concerns, António Avelino Batista Vieira and António José Bento Gonçalves, eds. Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 9781631172885