Quantitative and Biogeographic Analysis of the Flora of the Sultanate of Oman
The number of vascular plants recorded so far is 1204. Species of gymnosperms and vascular cryptogams is low (3 spp. and 19 spp. respectively). Families Poaceae (201 spp.), Asteraceae (98 spp.), Fabaceae (81 spp.) and Euphorbiaceae (39 spp.) are amongst those which have the highest number of species...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Global ecology and biogeography. - Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 1991. - 2(1992), 6, Seite 189-195 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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1992
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Global ecology and biogeography |
| Schlagworte: | Biogeography Floristic Analysis Endemics Oman Arabia |
| Zusammenfassung: | The number of vascular plants recorded so far is 1204. Species of gymnosperms and vascular cryptogams is low (3 spp. and 19 spp. respectively). Families Poaceae (201 spp.), Asteraceae (98 spp.), Fabaceae (81 spp.) and Euphorbiaceae (39 spp.) are amongst those which have the highest number of species. There are ninety-three endemic species (7.7%), of which fifty-seven (4.7%) occur in southern Oman. Biogeographically, the southwest region of Oman falls in the Somalia-Masai regional centre of endemism, the central part in the Saharan regional subzone, the western part in the Saharo-Arabian regional subzone and the northern part in the Nubo-Sindian local centre of endemism. |
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| ISSN: | 0960-7447 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/2997660 |