Herbaria

Family

Posidoniaceae

subfamily

Genus

Posidonia L.

Species

Posidonia oceanica L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat.: 78 (1813)

herbariaSynonyms

Zostera oceanica L.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

TANE (Mm)

CAI (Mm)

Map

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herbariaSubLocality

TANE (El-Agamy beach Al-Sallom Al-Alamen Marsa Matrouh)

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

TANE (6/20/1997 4/28/2005 4/29/2011 4/27/2017)

herbariaCollector

TANE (K.Shaltout D.A.Ahmed Bolous etal Heba .M .Taha)

herbariaCollectorNo

TANE (s.n 1953(89)+1954(89)+1955(89) 11 45(14))

herbariaNoOfSheets

TANE (3 3 6 1)

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

TANE

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

TANE (13)

CAI (20)

Habitat

at seas at depth of 30 m

FlFrperiod

July-August

LifeForm

Hydrophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Shetenara شتناره

Galamish جلاميش

Rigl El Asad رجل الأسد

EnglishName

Pilae marinae-Neptune grass -Mediterranean tapeweed

herbariaUses

balls used for fuel

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

Endemic to Mediterranean basin

Chorology

ME

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Boulos, L.2005. Posidoneaceae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

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

Batanouny, K.H. 1999. wild Medicinal Plants in Egypt: 168, pl.38-39. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt.IUCN, Switzerland, Cairo, Egypt

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