Survey, evaluation and documentation of the cultivated plants in Aswan botanical garden, Egypt [electronic resource].

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The aim of this study was to survey, evaluate and documenting the cultivated perennial plants in Aswan Botanical Garden, Egypt. A total of (361) species belong to (263) genera and (88) families were collected and identified with regional floras and available checklists. The most common families were Leguminosae followed by Palmae, Moraceae and Bignoniaceae. Leguminosae and Palmae were represented by 46 (12.74 %) and 28 (7.75%) species, respectively, while Moraceae and Bignoniaceae were represented by 20 (5.54%) and 17 (4.71%) species, respectively. Sixteen and 14 species were recorded for Myrtaceae and Euphorbiaceae, respectively and 10 species for each Apocynaceae and Labiatae. Moreover, 6 families were represented by 3 species, 11 families by 2 species while 42 families were represented by one species. The trees, shrubs and perennial herbs were represented by 192 (53.19%), 75 (20.78%) and 29 (8.03%) species, respectively. Climber shrubs, fan palms, and feather palms were represented by 27 (7.48%), 15 (4.16%) and 13 (3.61%) species respectively, while succulents, palm-like and woody grasses were represented by 7 (1.93%), 2 (0.55%) and one (0.28%) species, respectively. However, the cultivated annual herbs were not recorded because of the unstable presence of the observed plants. On the whole, Aswan Botanical Garden can serve as a resource of knowledge and guide for the distribution of the cultivated species. Further floristic and ecological studies are needed to conserve this invaluable area.

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