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4: SW-Egypt - Gilf Kebir
- Sample
sites and selected species distribution |
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For further
information compare: |
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- Alaily,
F., R. Bornkamm, H.P. Blume, H. Kehl and H.
Zilinsky (1987) Ecological investigations
in the Gilf Kebir - SW-Egypt.- Phytocoenologia
15(1): 1-20.
Abstract
[last
date of access: 03.06.2020]
- Bornkamm,
R. & H. Kehl (1989) Landscape ecology
of the western desert of Egypt.- Journal
of Arid Environments 17: 271-277
Full
Article,
[1MB
- 7 pages]
[last
date of access: 03.06.2020]
- Kehl,
H. & R. Bornkamm (1993) Landscape
Ecology and Vegetation Units of the Western
Desert of Egypt.- Catena
Abstract
[last
date of access: 03.06.2020]
- Schön,
W. (1989) Wadi el Akhdar - Weidewirtschaft
im 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr..- Archäologie
in Deutschland, Heft 2: 22-25.
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Species
of the Eastern
Gilf Kebir |
Chorotypes |
Evidence |
Occurrence
on the
'Sandstone Plateau' in landscape units 5.1-5.5
cf. Map with
landscapes |
| Acacia
tortilis
ssp. raddiana
(Savi.) Brenan |
SU |
living plants
(only
Contrast Wadi)
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5.1 |
| Tamarix
spec. |
cf. SA-(SU) |
dead plant
(only end of Wadi El Akhtar)
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5.5 |
Salsola
baryosma (Schult.) Dandy a.
ssp. gaetula (Maire) Freitag |
SU-(SA) |
dead plants |
5.1;5.2;5.3;5.5 |
Stipagrostis
acutiflora
(Trin. et Rupr.) De Winter |
SU-(SA) |
dead +
living plants |
5.1;5.2;5.3;5.4;5.5 |
| Fagonia
arabica
L. |
SA |
dead +
living plants |
5.3;5.5 |
| Fagonia
indica Burm. |
SA-SU |
dead plants |
5.3 |
| Zilla
spinosa (Turra) Prantl |
SA |
dead plants |
5.2;5.5 |
Citrullus
colocynthis
(L.) Schrad. |
SA-(SU) |
dead plants
(only Wadi Wassa and Wadi El Akhtar) |
5.5 |
Astragalus
vogelii
(Webb.) Bornm. |
SA-IT |
dead plants
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5.4;5.5 |
Trichodesma
africanum
(L.) R.Br. |
SA-SU |
dead plants |
5.4 |
| Rumex
vesicarius L. |
(SU)-SA-(M) |
fruits
only |
5.4 |
| Schouwia
thebaica
Webb. |
SA |
dead plants
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5.4 |
Onobrychis
crista-galli
(L.) Lam. |
SA-(IT) |
fruits
only |
5.4 |
Farsetia
ramosissima
Hochst. |
SA |
dead plants
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5.3;5.4 |
| Tribulus
cf. longipetalus |
(IT)-SA-SU |
fruits
only |
5.4 |
| Panicum
turcidum Forssk. |
SA-SU |
specimen
in Berlin Herbarium by Gabriel 1977, det by Scholz, and fruits in situ |
5.4 |
Monsonia
nivea
(Decne) Decne ex Webb. |
SA-SU |
| Prasium
majus L. |
EM |
remains
of dead plants, specimen grown from seedbank |
5.4 |
| Setaria
ambigua Guss. |
M |
Abbreviations:
M=Mediterranean, EM=East-Mediterranean, IT=Irano-Turanian, SA=SaharoArabian,
SU=Sudanian. |
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 Tabl.
D2-10/01:
Floristic
list of the Eastern Gilf Kebir - Plant names, generally
according to Täckholm (1974) Students Flora
of Egypt, Fabaceae according to ILDIS
and Chenopodiaceae according to Freitag (1989) -
(adopted from Kehl & Bornkamm, 1993, according
to Alaily et al., 1987, completed). |
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Freitag,
H. (1989) Contributions to the Chenopod Flora of
Egypt.- Flora 183: 149-173. |
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Visit
also "Erosion valleys or Wadis (Queds)"
of the Gilf Kebir with Acacia tortilis ssp. raddiana |
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in
the Wadi Wassa |
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And "Wadis
and runnels of the Eastern Gilf Kebir with typical vegetation distribution" |
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For photographs of species
(selection only) cf. List of all species
found in the framework of the research project |
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Copyright
© H. Kehl / TU-Berlin - Institut für Ökologie
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