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Phenotypic Diversity of Eragrostis Wolf in Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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1. Vascular plant taxonomy

Abstract

Eragrostis Wolf is considered one of the largest genera of family Gramineae (Poaceae). It is a cosmopolitan genus and represented in Egypt by 14 taxa. The species limits are often overlapping due to the wide range in variation within this genus. So, it is difficult to establish specific boundaries and diagnostic characters. The main goal of this work is to establish the limits and the diagnostic characters in the Egyptian taxa, using cluster analysis and principal coordinates analysis based on morphological characters. Interactive keys have been designed as an aid for online identification and looking for diagnostic characters. The morphological characters of Inflorescence, spikelets, panicle, glumes, palea keels and caryopsis are very important and necessary in the identification of the studied species. The results of coordinate analysis as well as UPGMA dendogram revealed that Egyptian Eragrostis species can be divided into 3 groups: group (A) includes: E. minor and E. cilianensis; group (B) includes E. tef, E. tenuifolia, E. sarmentosa, E. barrelieri, E. aegyptiaca and E. pilosa while group (C) includes E. aspera, E. ciliaris, E. japonica, E. lepida, E. tenella, and E. tremula. More research is needed to confirm the occurrence of several taxa in Egypt, such as Eragrostis purpurascens and E. nitida, which have been reported in some publications but are uncertain.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2021.88939.1033

Keywords

Gramineae, cluster analysis, principal coordinates analysis, DELTA, interactive key (Intkey)

Authors

First Name

Sami

Last Name

Rabei

MiddleName

Hussein

Affiliation

Botany and microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta , Post Box 34517 Damietta, Egypt.

Email

samirabei@du.edu.eg

City

Damietta

Orcid

0000-0001-6042-5877

First Name

Hasnaa

Last Name

Hosni

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Science,Cairo University

Email

h.hosni@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-7609-9383

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

T.

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

Email

ashsoliman@sci.cu.edu.eg

City

Giza

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Volume

41

Article Issue

1

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22607

Issue Date

2021-03-01

Receive Date

2021-07-02

Publish Date

2021-08-13

Page Start

18

Page End

31

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_189045.html

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636

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Taeckholmia

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

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Phenotypic Diversity of Eragrostis Wolf in Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023