Onopordum arenarium (Desf.) Pomel (Asteraceae), a Noteworthy Record from Egypt

ElKordy, Ahmed; El-Garf, Ibrahim A.; Osman, Ahmed K.; Abdallah, Naglaa Y.; Badry, Mohamed O.

doi:10.21608/ejbo.2022.135635.1973

	Onopordum arenarium (Desf.) Pomel (Asteraceae), a Noteworthy Record from Egypt
Egyptian Journal of Botany
Article 14, Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2022, Page 811-815 PDF (1.53 MB)
Document Type: Regular issue (Original Article)
DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2022.135635.1973
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Authors
Ahmed ElKordy ¹; Ibrahim A. El-Garf ²; Ahmed K. Osman ³; Naglaa Y. Abdallah ¹; Mohamed O. Badry ³
¹Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, 82524, Sohag, Egypt
²Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
³Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
Abstract
DURING the fieldwork in the Mediterranean coastal region in the north of Egypt, Onopordum arenarium (Desf.) Pomel was newly discovered. This exotic species is native to North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia). O. arenarium flowering specimens were gathered from the El-Salloum plateau and the Mediterranean coastal region in the Matrouh Governorate of Egypt, 60 km east of El-Salloum. The taxon was reported for the first time in Egypt, which makes a new addition and significant contribution to the flora of Egypt. The paper includes a taxonomic description, an updated nomenclature, a geographical distribution, occurrence in Egypt, field-colored photographs, a comparison with closely related species, and an updated dichotomous artificial key to the Onopordum species in Egypt.
Keywords
Asteraceae; Egypt; Mediterranean; New record; Onopordum arenarium


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