Floristic Study and Plant Diversity of Farwa Island Libya

Date

2024-6

Type

Conference paper

Conference title

Libyan Journal of Ecological & Environmental Sciences and Technology (LJEEST)

Issue

Vol. 2024 No. 6

Author(s)

Mohammed. H. Mahklouf
Fathi. G. Al-Sghair
Khaled S. Etayeb

Pages

101 - 111

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to assess the floristic composition and plant diversity of Farwa Island one of the most important Libyan wetlands. The results showed that 130 plant species belonging to 53 families of which 40 dicots, 10 monocots and 3 Gymnosperms were recorded. The most highly represented families are the Asteraceae with 16 species, followed by Amaranthaceae and Fabaceae with 10 species. Floristic analysis was conducted to determine life forms and chorotypes, the highest life forms recorded were Therophytes with 47 species, followed by Hemicryptophytes and Chamaephytes with 25 species for each, then Geophytes with 17 species which the Mediterranean Therophytes are dominating. Chorotype analysis revealed the dominance of Mediterranean plants with 57 species, then Mediterranean / Iranu-Turanean plants with 18 species.

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