Herbaria

Family

Anacardiaceae

subfamily

Genus

Pistacia L.

Species

Pistacia atlantica Desf.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Desf.

citation

FI. Atlant, 2:304 (1999)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Di)

HEU (Di)

herbariaSubLocality

Wadi Bottom

Gifgafa

herbariaDetailedLocality

29 22 59 N, 34 30 44 E,

herbariaDate

6/5/2010

herbariaCollector

A.Fahmy, A.Bakery , L.Hassan

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

HEU

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

HEU (7)

CAI (0)

Habitat

Sandy alluvial lands, sandy plains & edge of cultivation

FlFrperiod

February - April

LifeForm

Meso-Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Butum بوطوم

EnglishName

Mt. Atlas mastic tree- Persian turpentine tree

herbariaUses

Condiment

GlobalDistribution

Sinai, N Africa, E Mediterranean, Arabia, Iran and Pakistan

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

Egypt (EN- Endangered)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium

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

El Hadidi, M., Abdel Ghani, M. and Fahmy, A.G. 1992. The plant red data book of Egypt. 1. woody perennial.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbrium. Cairo, Egypt

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

Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt, vol.2. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt