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New perspectives, additions, and amendments to plant endemism in a North African flora.
Abd El-Ghani, Monier; Hosni, Hasnaa; Shamso, Eman; Ellmouni, Faten.
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  • Abd El-Ghani M; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt. mmounir@sci.cu.edu.eg.
  • Hosni H; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt.
  • Shamso E; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt.
  • Ellmouni F; Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Fayoum, 63514, Egypt.
Bot Stud ; 65(1): 21, 2024 Jul 16.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39012376
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Endemism is essential in biodiversity, biogeography, and conservation tasks. Based on herbarium specimens kept in some local herbaria, many published literature, and available information, we compiled a comprehensive list and an updated assessment of the Egyptian endemic and near-endemic taxa. The application of quantitative approaches to the distribution patterns, conservation status, and habitat preference of endemic taxa in Egypt was provided. Comparisons of the near-endemic taxa with other neighbouring flora were explained. For each taxon, the distribution patterns, most preferable habitat, biological spectrum, and taxa among 14 phytogeographical regions (Operational Geographical Units; OGUs) of Egypt were determined.

RESULTS:

In this study, 19 endemics (out of 70) and 76 near-endemics (out of 181) are newly added taxa. Differentiation indices represented the taxonomic degrees of differentiation among endemic taxa. Two different indices were used to assess endemism single-region endemic taxa (SRET) and multiple-region endemic taxa (MRET). Most endemic and near-endemic taxa were recorded from the mountainous Sinai (S) and the Mareotis sector of the Mediterranean coastal land (Mm). Generally, the most represented families in endemic and near-endemic areas were Asteraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Lamiaceae, and Fabaceae. More than 60% of the endemic taxa occurred in the sandy plains, wadis (desert valleys), and rocky plains and mountains. Applying hierarchical cluster analysis to the occurrences of 70 endemic taxa in the 14 studied OGUs revealed five main floristic groups (I-V), each characterized by certain OGUs. We provided eight groups of near-endemic taxa that represented their extension in neighbouring countries.

CONCLUSIONS:

The presented data will help to fill the gap in our knowledge of endemism, provide baseline information to understand biogeographical processes and facilitate further cooperation toward conservation purposes.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Bot Stud Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Egipto Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Bot Stud Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Egipto Pais de publicación: Reino Unido