The study provides a description of the ecological features of four medicinal plant species: Euphorbiaparalias L., Glebioniscoronaria (L.) Tzvelev, Lepidiumdraba L. and Phlomisfloccosa D. Don. in the Western Mediterranean Coast of Egypt. The results showed that, the total recorded species in the study area is 53 species belonging to 21 families. Based on their importance values, the classification of the plant species recorded in the 30 sampled stands, has resulted in three vegetation clusters (A, B and C), named after the first dominant species as follow, cluster A: Fagonia cretica; cluster B: Ononisserrata; and cluster C: Euphorbia paralias. The linkage between vegetation groups and soil variables was illustrated on the ordination diagram of Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA). It showed that, clay, pH, sodium, chloride, EC and potassium were the main edaphic factors that control the abundance and distribution of the characteristic species in the identified groups.
Mahdi, S. K., Abdelaal, M., El-Sherbeny, G., Mashaly, I. A., Yahia, A. A., & Ramadan, S. (2023). Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Mansoura Journal of Biology, 63(2), 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
MLA
Saddam K. Mahdi; Mohamed Abdelaal; Ghada El-Sherbeny; Ibrahim A. Mashaly; Aya A. Yahia; Samah Ramadan. "Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt", Mansoura Journal of Biology, 63, 2, 2023, 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
HARVARD
Mahdi, S. K., Abdelaal, M., El-Sherbeny, G., Mashaly, I. A., Yahia, A. A., Ramadan, S. (2023). 'Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt', Mansoura Journal of Biology, 63(2), pp. 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
VANCOUVER
Mahdi, S. K., Abdelaal, M., El-Sherbeny, G., Mashaly, I. A., Yahia, A. A., Ramadan, S. Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Mansoura Journal of Biology, 2023; 63(2): 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
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