Abstract
This study was recorded a new genus and species of Iraq, Tephrosia nubica (Boiss.) Baker during the field trips in the Western Desert District, specifically in Al- Walaj valley, which cutting the Iraq- Jordan highway (75 km. West of Rutba) in winter and spring seasons of the year 2019. The species was identified depending on Flora of neighboring and nearby countries with a comprehensive morphological description as well as some drawing and photos for vegetative and floral (reproductive) parts with a distribution map of the species. Some plant samples of the species collected in the Iraqi national herbarium were deposited in numbers 60038,60039, and 60040, in addition to Anbar University herbarium in numbers 4329, 4330 and 4331 after confirming that there is no specimens of genus and species in all Iraqi herbaria.
Highlights
In the Flora of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, there are about 11 taxa of genus, which are mainly distributed in the northwest region [9]
Al-Ghamdi [3] was added a taxonomic key to isolate 9 species in Saudi Arabia based on morphological characters
In the Flora of United Arab Emirates [15], there are 4 species, which grows in gravel plains [16]
Summary
The identification of the specimens has been done by using some taxonomic keys in Flora of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the specimens were treated herbarially and placed in the Herbarium of Anbar University- Center of Desert Studies (AUH). Some field characters such as corolla color, flowering period, plant height and environment nature were studied. The species T. nubica (Boiss.) Baker for the first time in Iraq, after confirmation of that exactly where a comprehensive review of all the scientific references for the Flora of Iraq, which includes the Flora of Lowland Iraq [24], wild plants of Iraq [6] and Flora of Iraq [26], as well as conducted survey of all Iraqi Herbarium to make sure RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The most important results in this study are a new recording of the genus Tephrosia Pers. and the species T. nubica (Boiss.) Baker for the first time in Iraq, after confirmation of that exactly where a comprehensive review of all the scientific references for the Flora of Iraq, which includes the Flora of Lowland Iraq [24], wild plants of Iraq [6] and Flora of Iraq [26], as well as conducted survey of all Iraqi Herbarium to make sure
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