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Family
Palmae (Arecaceae)
subfamily
Genus
Medemia (Mart.)Wurttemb. ex H. Wendl.
Species
Medemia argun (Mart.) Wurttemb. ex H.Wendl.
herbariaSubsps
herbariaVariety
Authority
(Mart.) Wurttemb. ex H.Wendl.
citation
Bot.Zeitsung 39: 93 (1881)
herbariaSynonyms
Hyphaene argun Mart.
Medemia abiadensis H.Wendl.
DiagnosticCharacters
herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory
CAI (Da)
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herbariaDetailedLocality
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herbariaCollector
herbariaCollectorNo
herbariaNoOfSheets
herbariaHerbariumAbbr
CAI
herbariaBarCode
herbariaTotalNoOfSheets
CAI (6)
Habitat
Sandy soil
FlFrperiod
January-May
LifeForm
Phanerophyte
LifeSpan
Perennial
herbariaArabicName
Argun عرجون
Doum El Dallah دوم الدله
Dellakh دلاخ
EnglishName
Nubian desert palm
herbariaUses
for making ropes
fruits edible
GlobalDistribution
Nubian Desert of southern Egypt and northern Sudan (near endemic)
Chorology
herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable
Global (VULNERABLE)
Egypt (CRITICALLY ENDANGERED)
herbariaBibliography
herbariaFullCitation
Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt
Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University
El Hadidi, M.N.; Abdel Ghani, M. and Fahmy, A.G. 1992. The Plant Red Data Book of Egypt. 1. Woody Perennials. Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium
Tackholm, V. and Drar, M. 1950. Flora of Egypt vol. 2. Bull. Fac. Sci. no. 28
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
Boulos, L.2005. Palmae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt
1968: The discovery of Medemia Palm in the Nubian Desert of Egypt. – Bot. Not. 121: 117-120.
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