Salvador Rivas Martínez

Laurus novocanariensis is a large shrub or tree with aromatic, shiny dark-green foliage. belonging to the evergreen tree genus Laurus of the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes three species, whose diagnostic key characters often overlap. Under favorable conditions it is an impressive tree of 3 to 20 m. tall. It is native of rich soils in the cloud zone of always moist spots in subtropical climate with a high air-humidity, on the Canary and Madeira islands. The species was formerly included in Laurus azorica, a species that is now restricted to the Azores.

Cytisus oromediterraneus, the Pyrenean broom, is a shrub species belonging to the family Fabaceae.

Quercus orocantabrica, the Cantabrian mountain oak, is a species of deciduous oak. It occurs in the Cantabrian Mountains of northwestern Spain and northern Portugal.

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Jasione foliosa subsp. mansanetiana is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to central Spain. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Erica canariensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands. Erica canariensis was distinguished from Erica arborea by Salvador Rivas-Martínez and co-authors in 2011. The distinction is not accepted by all sources.

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Dracaena caboverdeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, where it is native to the islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, and Fogo. The species was formerly considered a population of Dracaena draco (dragon's blood tree), which is also native to the Canary Islands. In 2017 Rivas-Martínez et al. identified the Cape Verde population as a distinct species.

Dracaena ajgal is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a tree native to southwestern Morocco. It grows on steep rocky slopes of quarzitic and hard ultramafic rock in the western Anti-Atlas range at approximately 700 metres elevation, in the transition between semi-arid Argania–Olea europaea subsp. maroccana and Mediterranean-climate Quercus rotundifolia–Genista segonnei plant communities. The species was formerly considered a population of Dracaena draco (dragon's blood tree), which is also native to the Canary Islands. In 1997 it was recognized as a distinct

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