Table 2: Floristic composition and mean of the importance values (out of 300) of the recorded species in the four plant communities of the study area. TR: Tropical, SH-SM: Sahel-Somalia Masai, SA-SM: Saharo Arabian-Somalia Masai, SA-IT: Saharo Arabian-IranoTuranian, SA: Saharo Arabian, MED-IT:Mediterranean-IranoTuranian, MED-IT: Mediterranean-IranoTuranian, IT: IranoTuranian, Eu -Med: Euro Siberian-Mediterranean, COSM: Cosmopolitan.
|
Families |
Species |
Life forms |
Chorotype |
Habit |
I |
II |
III |
IV |
|
Fabaceae |
Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne |
Ph |
SA |
Per |
0 |
0 |
23.4 |
145.6 |
|
Senna italica Mill. |
Ch |
SH-SM |
Per |
23.4 |
84.3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Asteraceae |
Artemisia inculta Delile |
Ch |
SA |
Per |
10.2 |
23.9 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pulicariacrispa (Forssk.) Oliv. |
Ch |
TR |
Per |
84.3 |
103.0 |
9.2 |
60.2 |
|
|
Xanthium pungens Wallr. |
Ch |
TR |
Ann |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
|
|
Apocynaceae |
Calotropisprocera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton |
Ph |
SH-SM |
Per |
0 |
0 |
84.3 |
17.4 |
|
RhazyastrictaDecne |
Ch |
SA |
Per |
103.0 |
46.1 |
23.9 |
13.4 |
|
|
Brassicaceae |
Erysimumrepandum L. |
Th |
SA |
Ann |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
|
Zillaspinosa L. |
Ch |
SA |
Per |
9.2 |
9.2 |
10.2 |
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|
Chenopodiaceae |
Chenopodiumglaucum L. |
He |
EU-MED |
Ann |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
|
Cucurbitaceae |
CitrulluscolocynthisSchrad. |
He |
SR |
Per |
0 |
0 |
103.0 |
0 |
|
Lamiaceae |
Teucriumpolium(Decne) Asch. &Schweif. Per. |
Ch |
ME-IT |
Per |
46.1 |
23.4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Papaveraceae |
Argemoneochroleuca Sweet |
Ch |
COSM |
Ann |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
|
Poaceae |
Aegilopusperegrina (Hack.) Maire &Weiller |
He |
SA-SI |
Ann |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
|
Stipagrostisdrarii(Täckh.) De Winter. |
He |
SA-IT |
Per |
0 |
0 |
0 |
63.4 |
|
|
Portulacaceae |
Portalacaoleracea L. |
Th |
COSM |
Per |
23.9 |
10.2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rhamnaceae |
Ziziphusnummularia (Burm.) f. |
Ph |
SA-SI-IT |
Perr |
0 |
0 |
46.1 |
0 |
|
Solanaceae |
Solanumnigrum L. |
Ch |
COSM |
Ann |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
|
Zygophyllaceae |
Fagoniaschweinfurthii Hadidi |
H |
SA |
Ann |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |