الأنواع النباتية المدخلة في مدينة اجدابيا – ليبيا

Abstract

This study aims to identify the introduced plants to Ajdabiya - Libya, in order to help create a database on the species spread in the area. The findings of the study revealed the presence of 84 species of introduced plants within 71 genera of vascular plants distributed into 41 families, one family of Gymnosperms and the remaining 40 families are belonging to Angiosperms. The study also showed, the dominant families according to the number of species were Lamiaceae (8 species), followed by Euphorbiaceae (5 species), Araceae, Crassulaceae, and Fabaceae, which is represented by (4 species) for each, then Apocynaceae, Asteraceae, Moraceae, and Rutaceae for each (3 species). whereas Kalanchoe was represented by four species each in the study area. The results also showed that the introduced perennial species are dominant.