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Species distribution patterns of the weed flora in mango orchards of Ismailia Governorate, Egypt:implications for conservation

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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10. Flora and ecology

Abstract

The present study deals with the analysis of the floristic composition including plant species, life-span, life-form spectra and floristic categories of weeds associated with mango orchards in Ismailia governorate. A total of 102 weed species (79 annuals, 21 perennials and 2 biennials) related to 85 genera and grouped under 30 families were recorded. Out of the total species, 23 species (22.55%) were monocotyledoneae and 79 species (77.45%) dicotyledoneae. Poaceae, Asteraceae, Brasicaceae and Fabaceae were the most species-rich families representing collectively about 50% of the total recorded species. Therophytes were the predominant life form and constituted 73.53% of the total flora followed by hemicryptophytes (12.75%), geophytes (4.9%), chamaephytes (3.92%), nanophanerophytes (2.94%) and helophytes (1.96%). The chorological analysis of the surveyed flora revealed that the Mediterranean elements constituted the main bulk (41.18%) of the total flora of the area. The other major chorotypes were cosmopolitan (24.51%), pantropical (13.73%) and palaeotropical (7.84%). Saharo-Sindian elements comprised 20 species (19.6%) of the recorded flora. The other floristic categories were either poorly represented by few number of species or absent. Comparison between the presnt floristic composition of mango orchards in Ismailia and adjoining areas or previous studies of Ismailia mango orchards were included.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2019.5781.1001

Keywords

Mango orchard, weed flora, Ismailia, Life form, Chorotype

Authors

First Name

Mona

Last Name

El Bous

MiddleName

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Affiliation

botany department, Faculty of science,Port said university

Email

monaelbous@yahoo.com

City

Port-Said

Orcid

0000-0002-6004-4211

First Name

Hoda

Last Name

Abd el hamid

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Botany department,Faculty of science,Suez canal university

Email

hodaali626@gmail.com

City

Ismailia

Orcid

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Volume

38

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

2181

Issue Date

2018-12-01

Receive Date

2018-10-21

Publish Date

2018-12-01

Page Start

184

Page End

200

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_25915.html

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=25915

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11

Type

Review Article

Type Code

637

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Taeckholmia

Publication Link

https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/

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Species distribution patterns of the weed flora in mango orchards of Ismailia Governorate, Egypt:implications for conservation

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Created At

22 Jan 2023