Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2020. № 4(36). P. 29—116
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Byalt Vyacheslav Vjacheslavovich, Candidate of Biological Sciences
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St. Petersburg State Forestry University Korshunov Mikhail Vladimirovich, Applicant for the degree, Coordinator of Enviromental Projects
United Arab Emirates, Government of Fujairah, Wadi Al-Wuraya park
PRELIMINARY LIST OF CULTIVATED PLANTS IN THE FUJAIRAH EMIRATE (UAE)
Abstract
The article examines the current state of the cultural flora of the Fujairah Emirate (UAE), located in the mountainous northwestern part of the United Arab Emirates. The authors have been studying the flora of the emirate for 4 years from 2017 to 2020. Based on field studies, surveys of irrigated gardens, public parks, urban plantings and nurseries, herbarium materials and literature data, a list of higher cultivated plants growing here was compiled. As a result, the article provides a short annotated list of herbaceous and woody cultivated plants (introduced and aboriginal) that are cultivated in open field conditions in the emirate of Fujairah. The list includes both literary and herbarium data, and data of the authors based on the results of original surveys of the territory of the emirate as of the summer of 2020. Families, genera and species are arranged in alphabetical order. The list of flora is given within the administrative boundaries of Fujairah — for public places: city gardens and parks, boulevards and embankments, squares, streets and localities. The data on species found in plant nurseries were taken into account. The list contains 579 species. It contains 104 families, 273 genera. The largest cultivated families: Fabaceae — 55 species from 34 genera, Asteraceae — 25 species from 20 genera and Arecaceae — 22 species from 17 genera, Apocynaceae — 19 species from 14 genera. The culture is dominated by ornamental and fruit trees and shrubs — 319 species (or 55% of the total) and perennial herbs — 151 species, 26.1%. According to the zonal-climatic origin, species from the subtropical and tropical climatic zones prevail, and according to the geographic origin, the dominant species are the following: Asian — 205 (including East Asian — 40, South Asian — 35, South-East Asian — 63, South-West Asian — 30), American — 168 (including North American and South American — 57 and 59 species, Central American — 18, West Indian — 8) and African — 102 (including East African — 31, South African — 21 species, West African — 11, North African — 6). There is a small number of species from Australia (33) and New Guine (10), Madagascar (18), the Mediterranean (16), Oceania (13). There are very few species from Europe proper (25), Eurasian species — 7, and Circumboreal species — 4. It should be emphasized that few local species are cultivated — 30. Ornamental species prevail in terms of economic use. Mostly 511 species (88.3%) are cultivated as decorative. The vast majority of them — 449 species (more than 77.5%) are rare and single. Frequent and not uncommon ones are 137 (about 22.5%), common — only about 65 species.
Key words
UAE, Emirate of Fujairah, cultivated plants, introduction, floristry, cultural flora, plant resources, list of species.
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Byalt V. V., Korshunov M. V. Preliminary list of cultivated plants in the Fujairah Emirate (UAE). Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2020, no. 4 (36), pp. 29—116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2020.36.3.