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This is the twenty-six of a series of karyological data from Mediterranean area, peri-Alpine communities and the Atlantic Islands, in English or French language. It comprises contributions on 25 taxa: Cyclamen, Matthiola, Ornithogalum and Scilla from Cyprus by P. Bareka, E. Christou & G. Kamari (Nos 1868-1871); Lilium from Turkey by B. Gürdal, S. Demirci, N. Özhatay & E. Kaya (Nos 1872- 1880); Centaurea, Campanula, Clinopodium and Silene from Greece by Ch. Kyriakopoulos, P. Bareka & G. Kamari (Nos 1881-1884); Aconitum from France, Morocco and Spain by J. Molero, A. M. Rovira, M. Bosch, J. Simon & C. Blanché (Nos 1885-1902). During the OPTIMA Meeting held in Montpellier (6-11 June 2016), the Commission of Karyosystematics agreed to change the current name of the column “Mediterranean Chromosome Number Reports” in Flora Mediterranea for a most comprehensive title recognizing the true scope of the contributions usually published (which include, karyotype analysis, evolutionary consequences, bibliographic critical review, as well as biogeographical considerations, taxonomic remarks etc., derived from chromosome studies). The new title for the series is: “Mediterranea plant karyological data” (MPKD) and thus the next issues will be named accordingly. The Commission also decided the addition of the titles of single contributions to valorize the work of the contributors.