Index to New updated names of the Flora of Libya Volume 1

Rafaa A. Essokne; Mohammed H. Mahklouf

doi:10.36602/jsba.2023.16.41

Authors

Rafaa A. Essokne Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, University of Benghazi, Libya
Mohammed H. Mahklouf Department of Botany, University of Tripoli, National Herbarium of Libya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36602/jsba.2023.16.41

Keywords:

Flora Libya, Update, New Name, Species, Families.

Abstract

After many recent findings regarding geographical distribution and nomenclatural changes, an updated and revised checklist of the Libyan flora was needed. This study provides an up-to-date checklist of vascular taxa exclusive to Libyan Flora. six hundred and fourteen species of vascular plants belonging to 150 families were recorded and arranged as in Flora of Libya started from Primulaceae to Flacourtiaceae and divided into Two volumes, volume one started from Primulaceae to Solanaceae, which contains 301 updated species, followed by volume two started from Caryophyllaceae to Flacourtiaceae which currently under review and will be published after completion.

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