Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Pooideae

Genus

Desmazeria

Species

Desmazeria philistaea (Boiss.)H.Scholz subsp. rohlfsiana (Coss.) H. Scholz

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Coss.) H. Scholz

citation

Willdenowia 6(2): 291. (1971)

herbariaSynonyms

Fetuca rohlfsiana Coss.

Scleropoa philistaea Boiss.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (9)

Habitat

sand dunes and lime stone

FlFrperiod

March-April, August

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

halfa حلفا

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

N Africa to Palestine

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

Egypt (EN- Endangered)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Ibrahim, K., Hosni, H. and Peterson, P. 2016. Grasses of Egypt. Smithonian Contributoion to Botany no. 103

Cope, T. 2005. Gramineae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Cope, T. and Hosni, H.1991. A key to Egyptian grasses. Royal Botanic gardens, Kew. 75 pp

Tackholm, V; Tackholm, G. and Drar, M. 1941.Flora of Egypt.vol.1. Bull.Fac.Sci. no.17

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15