Tamarix minoa is described from material collected on the S Aegean island of Crete (Kriti), Greece. A morphological comparison with the species considered to be closest, T. africana and T. hampeana, is provided. An original illustration showing the main morphological characters of the new species is also given, as are photographs of the new species in its habitat. The isolated phylogenetic position of T. minoa is shown to be strongly supported by plastid molecular sequence data (trnS-trnG, trnQ-rps16 and ndhF-rpl32), thus warranting its recognition at specific rank.

Pennisetum longistylum, recently stated to be an older name for the well-known P. clandestinum (Cenchrus clandestinus), is shown to be a hybrid between P. clandestinum and P. villosum (C. longisetus). This is a rare hybrid only known from a few gatherings from the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the most recent one made in 1916. The new combination Cenchrus ×longistylus is proposed, and the names P. clandestinum and P. villosum are lectotypified.

A renewed study of the type material of Cryptocoryne tonkinensis Gagnep. has been compared to recently collected live material from northeastern Vietnam and southeastern China. This has revealed that plants from these regions hitherto referred to Cryptocoryne crispatula var. tonkinensis (Gagnep.) N. Jacobsen are different from material found in Thailand and southern Vietnam, also previously referred to var. tonkinensis. A taxonomic description of Cryptocoryne crispatula var. tonkinensis s.str. is provided.

A new hybrid species, Cryptocoryne ×batangkayanensis Ipor, Ørgaard & N. Jacobsen (C. cordata var. grabowskii (Engl.) N. Jacobsen × C. ferruginea Engl. var. ferruginea), from the Batang Kayan basin, Sarawak, Malaysia, is described and illustrated. It is compared with the parent species and an artificial hybrid of the same parentage.

Two new species of Cuban Tectaria Cav. (Tectariaceae) are described: T. squamosa Riverón-Giró & C. Sánchez and T. caluffii Riverón-Giró & C. Sánchez; both are endemic to E Cuba (provinces of Holguín, Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba). Tectaria squamosa can be distinguished by the presence of abundant scales throughout the petiole and rachis, sometimes also on the costae, and the apical segment having a pair of basal lobes in which the main vein branches from the rachis, not the costa; it is compared with T. cicutaria (L.) Copel. Tectaria caluffii can be recognized by the presence and position of bulbils (propagules) at all pinnae axils and at the base of the apical segment, and the number and width of the pinnae; it is compared with T. incisa Cav. and T. vivipara Jermy & T. G. Walker. Images of the type specimens of both new species are provided in addition to information about distribution and ecology.

Systematics and distribution in Europe of Vitis ×novae-angliae (= V. labrusca × V. riparia, Vitaceae), a naturalized North American neophyte introduced for wine production in the 19^th century, are investigated. Original identification tools are provided and diagnostic characters are discussed in detail, with special reference to leaf, fruit and seed morphology and the flavour of ripe berries. The complex of events that led to its introduction and eventually to its prohibition in Europe are also taken into account. Original morphological data regarding infructescences and seeds of related taxa are also reported.

Pollen morphology of six species representing three genera of tribe Aptosimeae and six species representing two genera of tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) is described and illustrated using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Pollen grains in Aptosimeae are 3-syncolporate, prolate, sometimes oblate-spheroidal in shape; mainly medium-sized, occasionally in some taxa small; exine sculpture striate, rarely with microperforations and small granules. Pollen grains in Myoporeae are 3-colpate-diorate, spheroidal, rarely oblate-spheroidal or prolate in shape; mainly medium-sized, occasionally in some taxa small; exine sculpture foveolate, microreticulate, rugulate-microperforate, rugulate, sometimes with small granules. Two major pollen types, 3-syncolporate (Aptosimeae) and 3-colpate-diorate (Myoporeae) are recognized by aperture types. Within these pollen types, eight subtypes are distinguished (three in Aptosimeae, five in Myoporeae) based on pollen size, exine sculpture and details of colpi and endoapertures. Our analysis of palynomorphological data (both published earlier and newly reported here) outlines the same main clades as those revealed by molecular phylogenetic studies, corresponding to Aptosimeae, Leucophylleae Myoporeae and Androya, which differ by their pollen aperture types: 3-syncolporate, 3-colpate-diorate, and 3-colporate, respectively. There are also some differences in exine sculpture patterns. Thus, palynomorphological data are mainly consistent with recent results of molecular phylogenetic studies. Considerations on ancestral pollen character states in early-branching Scrophulariaceae are provided. It is assumed that the colporate type was probably ancestral in Scrophulariaceae; however, the ancestral status of the colpate type cannot be excluded as well.

Ranunculus auricomus s.l. (Ranunculaceae) has been found only a few times in Greece since its first finding there by Haussknecht in 1893, all records coming from the area of the Katara pass in the Pindos mountains. All populations seem to be identical, and the Greek plants are described and named here as R. pindicola sp. nov. The new species is geographically isolated; the nearest localities of other members of the R. auricomus complex are in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria and the Sila mountains of Calabria in S Italy. According to present knowledge, R. pindicola is a rare endemic species of C Greece. It is threatened by eutrophication or abandonment of its meadow sites.

Graveyards in Turkey are widely known among orchidologists as places where several orchid (Orchidaceae) taxa can be found, including some very rare and localized ones. Graveyards are less strongly affected by landscape-altering human activities than other habitats because of their special cultural roles and religious privileges. In this study we performed a comprehensive survey of Turkish graveyards as orchid habitats. In total, 300 graveyards were studied in 30 provinces of Turkey in 2014. Altogether, we found 86 orchid taxa (almost half of the known Turkish orchid flora) in 208 graveyards. Among the studied provinces, Muğla and Antalya, in the southwest, emerged as peaks of taxon richness. This finding is in accordance with the overall biogeographic pattern of orchid diversity in Turkey. Our survey also contributes new floristic data to the orchid flora of Turkey. Additionally we documented salep collection in ten graveyards from six provinces involving nine taxa. We conclude that the occurrence of orchids in Turkish graveyards is not a rare phenomenon, and thus graveyards can be important refuges for orchids in the changing economic and agricultural circumstances of Turkey.

Continuing a series of miscellaneous contributions by various authors, the eighth and final instalment includes information on 104 taxa focussing on the taxonomy, chorology and ecology of the Cyprus flora. Two new combinations, Allium cyprium subsp. lefkarense and Myosotis paucipilosa, are validated. Fifteen taxa are new to the island, e.g. the indigenous species Alcea acaulis, Atriplex davisii, Euphorbia berythea, Rumex crispus and the aliens Cirsium arvense and Sisymbrium altissimum. Chromosome numbers are given for 22 taxa. Many of them are first counts of Cypriot material. Counts for Arenaria pamphylica subsp. kyrenica, Bosea cypria, Campanula podocarpa, Hirtellina lobelii, Noccaea cypria, Phlomis brevibracteata and probably Salvia dominica seem to be the first ever for these taxa.

The alien flora of the Greek island of Rodos (SE Aegean) is presented. This study is based on fieldwork carried out by the author up to June 2015, as well as on the literature found to date. The present checklist consists of 101 alien taxa of vascular plants, of which 27 are recorded for the first time as new for the alien flora of Rodos. Of these, 14 are also new for the alien flora of Greece. Of these, seven are naturalized: Austrocylindropuntia subulata, Erythrina lysistemon, Ficus microcarpa, Myoporum tenuifolium, Senecio angulatus, Washingtonia filifera and Yucca gloriosa; and seven are casual: Bauhinia variegata, Brachychiton populneus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Jacaranda mimosifolia, Pittosporum tobira, Thevetia peruviana and Phymosia umbellata. The last taxon is also recorded as a new for the alien flora of Europe. In addition, 13 alien taxa of marine algae are recorded. Each taxon is listed with its status (naturalized or casual, neophyte or archaeophyte), as well as its geographical origin. For each of the 27 taxa recorded as new for Rodos, localities and dates of field observations are provided, as well as a voucher specimen and at least one voucher photograph for each taxon. The modes of introduction of alien taxa to Rodos and their modes of dispersal within the island, as well as the invasion success and effects of invasive alien taxa, are discussed. The numbers of alien taxa in Rodos and other areas in the Mediterranean region are compared.