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Gamma diversity was 43 in the Western Desert oases.
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e0“Gamma diversity varied from 171 in the Sinai Peninsula to 43 and 39 in the oases of the Western Desert and along the Red Sea, respectively.”
Title
BIOGEOGRAPHY AND DIVERSITY OF THE TUBIFLORAE IN EGYPT
Nahed El-Husseini; Monier M. Abd El‐Ghani; S.I. El-Naggar Polish Botanical Journal 2008
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- Observation The Egyptian flora included 284 Tubifl orae species in 96 genera and 12 families.
- Observation Five families comprised more than 85% of species.
- Observation The generic spectrum was dominated by nine named genera.
- Observation Therophytes were the dominant life form, followed by chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes.
- Observation Boraginaceae and Scrophulariaceae had the highest share of annuals.
- Observation Trees dominated the Mediterranean zone.
- Observation Shrubs, perennial herbs and therophytes dominated the Sinai.
- Observation The Egyptian Tubifl orae included eight endemics and fourteen near endemics, mostly in southern Sinai.
- Observation Labiatae and Scrophulariaceae had a higher concentration of endemics.
- Observation Teucrium had among the highest endemism among Mediterranean African genera.
- Observation Gamma diversity was 171 in the Sinai Peninsula.
- Observation Gamma diversity was 39 along the Red Sea.
- Observation The oases and Nile lands had the highest significant similarity and beta diversity.
- Association Temperature and precipitation jointly affected Tubifl orae richness across seven zones.
- Observation Almost half the species had narrow geographic expansion.
- Observation Clustering and ordination recognized four floristic groups.