Herbaria

Family

Plantaginaceae

subfamily

Genus

Plantago L.

Species

Plantago ovata Forssk.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Forssk.

citation

Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 31 (1775 )

herbariaSynonyms

Plantago decumbens Forssk.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAIA (Dg)

CAI (Mm-Ms-Di-Dg-Rz- Nn)

CAIM (Di-Dg-S)

CAIRC (Mm-Ms- Dg-Da)

TANE (Mm- Nn-S)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

N: 32° 7' 29.475'' E: 30° 3' 34.279''

herbariaDate

24 / 3 / 1995

herbariaCollector

Dr. Mohamed Othman

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAIA

CAI

CAIM

CAIRC

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAIA(1)

CAI (82)

CAIRC (16)

TANE (7)

Habitat

Coastal plains, Sandy plains and Wadi beds

FlFrperiod

February-June

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Laqmet El Na'aga لقة النعجه

EnglishName

blond plantain/ desert Indianwheat

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

NW America,Atlantic Islands, Mediterranean region an SW Asia,eastwards to Pakistan

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

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

Boulos, L. 2002. Flora of Egypt, vol.3. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Hosny, A.I. & Waly, N.M.; Plantaginaceae in the flora of Egypt, 1. Systematic revision of the indigenous taxa., In Taecholmia 21 (2) : 239-255 (2001)