Floristic composition of the Plant Communities Associated with Zilla spinosa, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura - 35516, Egypt

2 Zoology Department, Entomology, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University

3 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

10.21608/mjb.2022.459789

Abstract

The current study investigates the floristic aspects of plant communites associated with Zilla spinosa;  including a list of plant species, duration, life-form spectra, and phytochorotype of the plant life in three wadis of Eastern Desert (Wadi Hagoul, Wadi Araba and wadi El-Rashrash). There were 92 species in the total number of recorded taxa studied in this work, which were divided into 77 genera and 27 families. Asteraceae comprises 20 species of the total recorded plant species, followed by family Boraginaceae 11 species, Poaceeae  10 species, Fabaceae 7 species, Chenopodiaceae   and Zygophyllaceae comprise 5 species each. The maximum number of species (84) was documented in the inland desert of Wadi Araba, while the Wadi Hagoul was represented by 57 species. According to chorotype, the total number of recorded species were Mediterranean taxa and Saharo-Sindian element was highly represented.

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Mansoura Journal of Biology
Volume 60, Issue 7
December 2022
Pages 27-32

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