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- Title
NEW RECORDS OF THE DWARF AND TALL SAGITTARIA CHILENSIS ENGELMANN (ALISMATACEAE) FROM THE EUPHRATES RIVER, BASRAH PROVINCE, IRAQ, WITH NOTES ON S. SAGITTIPHOLIA L. AND S. GRAMINEA MICHAUX FROM THE REGION.
- Authors
Huraib, Khadeejah Kadhem
- Abstract
The dwarf and tall plants of Sagittaria chilensis Engelmann belong to the aquatic herbs, of the family Alismataceae, are examples of a monocotyledonous leaf which is differentiated into distinct blade, petiole, and sheath regions. The dwarf and tall adult plants are of arrowhead-shaped leaves, their veins are running lengthwise towards the tip. Their physical descriptions can list them into distinct places within the species of the genus Sagittaria. It was only found once over the past 130 years in Al-Qurna town. This plant reappeared in Al-Madayna district which is located on the Euphrates River particularly on the Riverks bank. This report is the first records of the dwarf S. chilensis in the middle and the tall one in the South of Iraq after 130 years of absence in the region.
- Subjects
EUPHRATES River; IRAQ; SAGITTARIA latifolia; AQUATIC herbicides; PETIOLES
- Publication
Plant Archives (09725210), 2020, Vol 20, Issue 2, p1826
- ISSN
0972-5210
- Publication type
Article