Plant diveristy of Al-Khoms – Misrata Province in Libya
Keywords:
Plant diversity, Flora, Al-Khoms, Misrata.Abstract
The present parer concernes mainly with the plant species diversity of Al-
Khoms - Misrata province. The survey of plant species of such area was taken in
between 2018-2020. A total number of 375 different plants have been collected
representing 62 families, 241 genera, and 375 species, of which 51 families and
307 species are belonging to dicotyledons, 8 families and 65 species belonging
to monocotyledons, and 3 families belong to Gymnosperms each represented by
only one species. The results of this study showed that the dominance of the
family Asteraceae with 65 species, followed by the family Fabaceae with 48
species, the family Poaceae with 41 species, the family Brassicaceae with 20
species, the family Chenopodiaceae with 17 species, the family Liliaceae with 14
species, and the family Lamiaceae with 13 species. Other families are represented
by 7 species or less. The present results have also shown that the dominance of
the genera Plantago with 9 species, followed by Ononis and Astragalus with 7
species each. Analysis of lifeform spectrum have indicated that the predominance
of therophytes with 218 species, followed by Hemicryptophytes with 61 species.
However, chorotype spectrum analysis have shown that the dominance of
Mediterranian with 164 species, followed by Mediterrean/ Iranu-Turanean with
80 species.
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