Herbaria

Family

Polygonaceae

subfamily

Genus

Calligonum L.

Species

Calligonum comosum L.'Her.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.'Her

citation

in Trans.Linn.Soc.London 1:180(1791).

herbariaSynonyms

Calligonum polygonoides L. subsp.comosum (L'Her.)Soskov.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm-Dl-Dg-Ol-Ra-Ge)

CAIRC (Ms-Di-Ol- Nv-Ge)

SCUI (Ms)

TANE (Mm- Nv- Nn- Ra- Dg- S)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

SCUI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (110)

CAIRC (9)

SCUI (5)

TANE (21)

Habitat

sand plains and dunes.

FlFrperiod

February-April

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Qorthah,قرطة

EnglishName

phog

herbariaUses

charcoal

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

N.Africa to S,W.Asia.

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

El Hadidi,M,N,& Fayed,A,(1994-95). Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt.Taeckholmia 15:8-11.

El Husseini,N,& El Hadidi.M.N.(2000).Polygonaceae in M.N.El Hadidi(ed.) Flora Aegyptiaca,v.1,part 2.Fam.19,Palm Press: Cairo.

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

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt