Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt
Mahdi, S., Abdelaal, M., El-Sherbeny, G., Mashaly, I., Yahia, A., Ramadan, S. (2023). Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 63(2), 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
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". EKB Journal Management System, 63, 2, 2023, 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
Mahdi, S., Abdelaal, M., El-Sherbeny, G., Mashaly, I., Yahia, A., Ramadan, S. (2023). 'Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 63(2), pp. 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
Mahdi, S., Abdelaal, M., El-Sherbeny, G., Mashaly, I., Yahia, A., Ramadan, S. Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 63(2): 40-46. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352

Ecology of four medicinal plants along the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt

Mansoura Journal of Biology
Volume 63, Issue 2, June 2023, Page 40-46  XML PDF (978.93 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mjb.2023.449352
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Authors
Saddam K. Mahdi* 1; Mohamed Abdelaal1; Ghada El-Sherbeny2; Ibrahim A. Mashaly1; Aya A. Yahia1; Samah Ramadan1
1Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
2Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Abstract
The study provides a description of the ecological features of four medicinal plant species: Euphorbia paralias L., Glebionis coronaria (L.) Tzvelev, Lepidium draba L. and Phlomis floccosa 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: Ononis serrata; 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.
Keywords
Ordination; chorology; medicinal plants; Western Mediterranean coast
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