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Contribution to the Flora of Egypt: A critical inventory of newly recorded vascular taxa of Egypt

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Plant Ecology, Physiology, and Taxonomy

Abstract

The current study is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive inventory of all newly recorded vascular plant taxa which were collected from Egypt after Boulos' Checklist 2009. The study was compiled by gathering several information sources such as relevant taxonomic publications, accessible online database, herbaria collections and field observations. The present study records 441 species and infraspecific taxa (309 species, 72 subspecies and 60 varieties) belonging to 83 families and 275 genera, representing 66 Monocots and 375 Eudicots. The study revealed the addition of five species viz. Ficus religiosa, F. elastica, Vigna vexillata, Sagittaria sagittifolia and carpobrous edulis; as well as nine families not previously recorded in the flora of Egypt. Amongst the taxa recorded,22 endemics in ten families and 23 near endemics in 15 families. The inventory of newly recorded taxa made in the present study confirms that the Egyptian flora requires significant updating, and this study might be regarded as a supplementary to Boulos' Flora of Egypt Checklist (2009), the authors also believe that the present checklist has filled the gaps existing in the data at the sub-regional administrative scale.

DOI

10.21608/sjdfs.2023.247544.1141

Keywords

Endemics and Near endemics, Flora of Egypt, New additions, updated checklist

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Shamso

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Plant & Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt

Email

e.shamso@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-0068-0224

First Name

Hasnaa

Last Name

Hosni

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Plant & Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt

Email

h.hosni@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

hosny

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Plant & Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt

Email

amal-hosni@hotmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Sami

Last Name

Rabei

MiddleName

H

Affiliation

Botany and microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University

Email

samirabei@du.edu.eg

City

New Damietta City

Orcid

0000-0001-6042-5877

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Elgamal

MiddleName

Abd El rafee

Affiliation

Saint Katherine Protectorate, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), Egypt

Email

ibrahim_abdelrafee@yahoo.com

City

Saint Catherine

Orcid

0000-0002-0310-2809

Volume

13

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42095

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-11-09

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

111

Page End

149

Print ISSN

2314-8594

Online ISSN

2314-8616

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https://sjdfs.journals.ekb.eg/article_331356.html

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2,045

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science

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https://sjdfs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Contribution to the Flora of Egypt: A critical inventory of newly recorded vascular taxa of Egypt

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Created At

28 Dec 2024