Conservation of Iberian endemic plants: The botanical reserve of La Encantada (Villarrobledo, Albacete, Spain)

Abstract Small endemic-rich botanical reserves, such as La Encantada in Villarrobledo (Albacete province, Spain), represent a promising approach to the conservation of the Iberian endemic flora. The uniqueness of the flora in this particular case is analysed, and a new weed association (Ziziphoro acinoidis-Iberidetum crenatae), containing several Iberian endemic species, is described and characterized. Some suggestions on the type of management to be adopted for this reserve and a list of the vascular species occurring there are also presented.