THE THEMEDA QUADRIVALVIS TALL-GRASS SAVANNAH OF OMAN AT THE CROSSROAD BETWEEN AFRICA AND ASIA

Authors

  • A. Patzelt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428611000217

Keywords:

Arabia, endemism, fog-oasis, Oman, phytogeography, phytosociology, southwest monsoon, tall-grass savannah, Themedo-Hyparrhenietea

Abstract

Vegetation analysis reveals that the Themeda quadrivalvis tall-grass savannah in Oman, southern Arabia, forms a clearly defined belt with strong edaphic and geomorphological characteristics. The newly described association Desmodio gangetico-Themedetum quadrivalvis ass. nov. is interpreted as an impoverished easternmost outlier of the East African savannah.

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Published

2011-06-14

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Original Research Articles

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