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Genisla madoniensis, a new shrub species in the northem slope of Madonie Mts (C.-N. Sicily), is described. The ncw taxon, occurring in the Quercus suber woods, is close to Genisla cupanii, endemie to the same mountains, and G. triacanthos Brot. occurring also in the cork woods in the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and in N. Africa (Marocco and Algeria).