Author(s): Fawzi M. Karim
Article publication date: 1992-12-01
Vol. 10 No. 3 (yearly), pp. 105-115.
DOI:
165

Keywords

flora, U.A.E., taxa

Abstract

Recent extensive floristic collections from U.A.E., especially in the desert region including Al-Ain district, which constitutes the main part of the eastern desert if United Arab Emirates, revealed the presence of 8 new taxa of the Flora of U.A.E. There are: Digera muricata (Amaranthaceae), Anvillea garcinii, Conyza bonariensis, Inula crithmoides, Koelpinia linearis, Pulicaria crispa, (Compositae), Euphorbia heterophylla (Euphorbiaceae), Astragalus tribuloides (Papilionaceae).