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A population of Juncus valvatus Link was found during a floristic-phytosociological field-work in small-size humid areas of the western Murgian plateau in the municipality of Santeramo in Colle (Apulia region, southern Italy). Juncus valvatus is a species of community interest listed in the Habitat Directive 92/43 EEC and in the Strasbourg Convention. This record allows to significantly enlarge eastwards the whole range of the species which at present was known for Portugal, Tunisia and Algeria only