The study on the Flora of El Qantara Sharq revealed that the presence of 138 species belonging to 110 genera follows 39 Angiospermae families. The percentages of the representation of these families were Gramineae by , Compositae by , Leguminosae by , Chenopodiaceae by . | Annals of Agricultural Science 2015 60 1 169 182 H O S T E D BY Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams University Annals of Agricultural Science locate aoas A study on the Flora of El-Qantara Sharq in North Sinai Egypt ﻣﺼﺮ - ﺷﻤﺎﻝ ﺳﻴﻨﺎﺀ - ﺩﺭﺍﺳﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻧﺒﺎﺗﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻔﻠﻮﺭﺓ ﺑﻤﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﺍﻟﻘﻨﻄﺮﺓ ﺷﺮﻕ Amany M. Ahmed a . Eisa b I. El-Shamey b . Mohamed a S. Hussin b a Flora amp Phytotaxonomy Researches Department Agr. Museum Dokki Giza Egypt b Agriculture Botany Dept. Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams University 11241 Cairo Egypt Received 18 April 2015 accepted 3 May 2015 Available online 28 May 2015 KEYWORDS Abstract The study on the Flora of El Qantara Sharq revealed that the presence of 138 species El-Qantara Sharq belonging to 110 genera follows 39 Angiospermae families. The percentages of the representation North Sinai of these families were Gramineae by Compositae by Leguminosae by Flora Chenopodiaceae by and Cruciferae by while each of Caryophyllaceae Cyperaceae Flora study and Polygonaceae was represented by and the percentage was for both of Survey Convolvulaceae and Zygophyllaceae whereas it was for each of Aizoaceae Amaranthaceae and Tamaricaceae. The percentage was for each of Euphorbiaceae Orobanchaceae Solanaceae and Umbelliferae. The remainder families Asclepiadaceae Ceratophyllaceae Combretaceae Geraniaceae Haloragiadaceae Juncaceae Labiatae Malvaceae Neuradaceae Nitrariaceae Palmae Plantaginaceae Potamogetonaceae Primulaceae Ranunculaceae Salicaceae Scrophulariaceae Thymelaeaceae Typhaceae Urticaceae and Verbenaceae were repre- sented by one species for each. Shrubs were represented by of the recorded species while the percentages of perennial and annual herbs were and 63 respectively. Three par- asite species were recorded Cistanche phelypaea L. Cout. Cuscuta campestris Yunck. and Orobanche crenata Forssk. Ó 2015 Production and hosting by Elsevier . on behalf of Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams .
