The extinction of Faure’s Broom Adenocarpus faurei Maire (Leguminosae) in Algeria

This study presents efforts made to re-discover the narrow Algerian endemic Adenocarpus faurei Maire and the possible implications of this on the conservation of the Tiaret area in northern Algeria. Field investigations within an expanded perimeter around known historical localities were carried out over a period of five years. This prospecting effort yielded no positive sightings highlighting the very probable extinction of Adenocarpus faurei, and the lack of novel field data for many plants of high conservation priority in Algeria.