Flora of Mauritania

Lotus chazaliei is a plant in the genus Lotus endemic to Morocco with some reports from the Sahara.

Saharanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. The only species is Saharanthus ifniensis. Its native range is Western Sahara.

Lotus assakensis is a plant from the Lotus genus native from Morocco to Mauritania.

Saharanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. The only species is Saharanthus ifniensis. Its native range is Western Sahara.

Schoenoselinum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. It includes a single species, Schoenoselinum foeniculoides, an annual native to Morocco, Western Sahara, and northern Mauritania, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

Schoenoselinum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. It includes a single species, Schoenoselinum foeniculoides, an annual native to Morocco, Western Sahara, and northern Mauritania, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

Sideroxylon spinosum, known as argan (Tashelhit: ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵏ, romanized: argan), synonym Argania spinosa, is a species of flowering plant. It is a tree native to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley and to the Chiadma and Haha regions of Morocco, as well as some parts of Tindouf Province in southwestern Algeria, and also to Mauritania and Western Sahara. Argan trees grow to 8–10 m (26–33 ft) high and live up to approximately 200 years. They are thorny, with gnarled trunks and wide spreading crown. The crown has a circumference of up to 70 m (230 ft) and the branches may lean towards the ground.

Polycarpaea nivea is a species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species was described by William Aiton in 1828 as Achyranthes nivea, and it was placed in the genus Polycarpaea by Philip Barker Webb in 1849. The specific name nivea is Latin for "white as snow", and refers to the colour of the plant.

Cyperus mauretaniensis is a species of sedge that is native to north western parts of Africa.

Afrosalsola is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It includes two species of subshrubs or shrubs native to the Canary Islands, Morocco, Mauritania, and Western Sahara. Afrosalsola deschaseauxiana (Litard. & Maire) Akhani Afrosalsola divaricata (Masson ex Link) Akhani They are shrubby halophytic plants with opposite and alternate branches and leaves. They have a distinct leaf anatomy with a hypodermis and kranz-like cells that perform C2 photosynthesis, a C3-C4 intermediate photosynthetic pathway. The species were formerly included in the genus Salsola, which was found to

Zygophyllum zilloides (syn. Fagonia zilloides) is a species of flowering plant in the torchwood family Zygophyllaceae, native to the western Sahara desert. A subshrub, its fruits are loculicidal capsules.

Astydamia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 2 species. It is endemic to Northwest Africa. It is found on the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, the Savage Islands and in the Western Sahara. The genus name of Astydamia is in honour of Astydamia (from Greek mythology), the wife of Acastus, son of Pelias. It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 53 in 1829. Plants of the World Online only accepts Astydamia latifolia (L.f.) Baill.

Tourneuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. Species The only known species is Tourneuxia variifolia, native to North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya).

Kebirita is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. The only species is Kebirita roudairei. Its native range is the Maghreb – Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Western Sahara – and Mauritania.

Ceratolimon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. Its native range is Northwestern Africa, Southern Yemen, and Somaliland. Species: Ceratolimon feei (Girard) M.B.Crespo & Lledó Ceratolimon migiurtinum (Chiov.) M.B.Crespo & Lledó Ceratolimon weygandiorum (Maire & Wilczek) M.B.Crespo & Lledó

Acanthorrhinum is a monotypic genus in the family Plantaginaceae that contains only the species Acanthorrhinum ramosissimum. It is found in Spain and North Africa.

Lotus jolyi is a plant in the genus Lotus that grows in the Sahara. It is annual and grows in dry scrubland.

Retama sphaerocarpa is a flowering bush species in the genus Retama, native to the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia).

Randonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Resedaceae. The only species is Randonia africana. Its native range is Sahara desert in northern Africa. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The genus name of Randonia is in honour of Jacques Louis Randon (1795–1871), a French military and political leader, also Marshal of France and governor of Algeria. The Latin specific epithet of africana means coming from Africa. The genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.6 on pages 391–392 in 1859.

Ephedra altissima is a species of Ephedra that is native to the western Sahara (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Mauritania), and also to the Canary Islands. The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant and medicinal plant.

Orbea decaisneana is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome. It is native to north Africa; Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan/South Sudan. The plants found in Morocco have been called Caralluma decaisneana subsp. hesperidum but this subspecies is not recognised by POWO. Some botanists argue that they are sufficiently different to be their own subspecies or even species - the flowers even have very different smells.

Limonium bonduellei, the yellow statice (a name it shares with Limonium sinuatum), is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility calls it Algerian statice and lists it as Limonium sinuatum subsp. bonduellei, but a 2018 molecular study showed that it is good species with 100% bootstrap support. An annual facultative halophyte reaching 50 cm (20 in), it is native to Spain and North Africa, and has been introduced to Italy. It is naturalized in New Zealand. The British florists' association Interflora claims that its cultivar 'Forever

Lycium intricatum, the southern boxthorn, is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae (nightshades).

Nucularia perrinii, known as askaf, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Nucularia. Its native range is Selvagens to the western and central Sahara and Sahel. Askaf is a crucial plant to Sahrawi camel nomads, providing salt and water to camels even during dry spells and causing a characteristic flavor to camel milk.

Sorghum virgatum, Tunis grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is found across the Sahel region, up the Nile valley, and on to the Levant, and has been introduced to Morocco and Ethiopia. It contributed genetic material during the creation of domesticated sorghum, Sorghum bicolor.

Cullen americanum is a plant in the Fabaceae family, found Northern Africa, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and despite its species epithet, americanum, is an introduced species in the Americas. It was first described in 1753 as Psoralea americana by Carl Linnaeus, but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1919 by Per Axel Rydberg.

Ammodaucus leucotrichus is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ammodaucus. It is endemic to northern Africa, including the Canary Islands. In Morocco, the plant is known as kammūn ṣūfī ("wooly cumin"), and is used medicinally in teas and compresses to treat a variety of ailments, including snake bites and respiratory ailments.

Brocchia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It contains a single species, Brocchia cinerea. Its native range is Sahara and Sahel to Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Comoros.

Haloxylon scoparium (syns. Arthrophytum scoparium and Hammada scoparia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to semiarid north Africa and the Middle East. In flat areas it is often one of the dominant species.

Anethum is a flowering plant genus in the family Apiaceae, native to the Middle East and the Sahara in northern Africa.