Floristic Composition of the plants associated with the Artemisia monosperma communities within three regions of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Alshahri, M., Assaeed, A., Al-Rowaily, S., Abd- ElGawad, A. (2022). Floristic Composition of the plants associated with the Artemisia monosperma communities within three regions of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 57(4), 50-56. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2022.456249
Mohamed S. Alshahri; Abdulaziz M. Assaeed; Saud L Al-Rowaily; Ahmed M. Abd- ElGawad. "Floristic Composition of the plants associated with the Artemisia monosperma communities within three regions of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 57, 4, 2022, 50-56. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2022.456249
Alshahri, M., Assaeed, A., Al-Rowaily, S., Abd- ElGawad, A. (2022). 'Floristic Composition of the plants associated with the Artemisia monosperma communities within three regions of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 57(4), pp. 50-56. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2022.456249
Alshahri, M., Assaeed, A., Al-Rowaily, S., Abd- ElGawad, A. Floristic Composition of the plants associated with the Artemisia monosperma communities within three regions of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 57(4): 50-56. doi: 10.21608/mjb.2022.456249

Floristic Composition of the plants associated with the Artemisia monosperma communities within three regions of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Mansoura Journal of Biology
Volume 57, Issue 4, December 2022, Pages 50-56    PDF (1.09 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mjb.2022.456249
Authors
Mohamed S. Alshahri1; Abdulaziz M. Assaeed1; Saud L Al-Rowaily1; Ahmed M. Abd- ElGawad* 2
1Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Abstract
In three locations of the Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, the current study surveys the floristic features of the plant communities associated with the aromatic plant, Artemisia monosperma Delile. The floristic analysis revealed the presence of 39 flowering plant species, belonging to 37 genera and 22 families. Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Boraginaceae, and Asteraceae constituted 46.15% of the plant species, making them the most representative families. The Al-Thumama area was the highest of the three areas in terms of diversity, where 23 plant species (21 perennials and 2 annuals) were recorded. Artemisia monosperma was dominant and the most abundant, where its presence was 100% in the three regions, while Bassia eriophora, Convolvulus auricomus, Heliotropium digynum and Rhanterium epapposum were high in the three regions, accounting for 66.66%. The recorded species are classified under 5 types of life-form according to the Raunkiær system, therophytes and chamaephytes are the dominant life form. Contrarily, the results of the chorological diversity showed that the Saharo-Arabian type was the most representative (46.15%), followed by the Sudanian desert (17.95%), the Euro-Siberian, the Mediterranean, and the Tropical, which was the least represented.
Keywords
Saudi Arabia; Riyadh Region; floristic survey; flora; chorotype
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