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Morphological, reproductive and mycobiota characters of three wild medicinal plants inhabiting Western Mediterranean coastal Land, Egypt
Author(s) -
AbdelHafez S. I. I.,
El Naggar S. M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200511101
Subject(s) - mycobiota , biology , botany , pollen , alternaria
Leaf surface, pollen morphology and mycobiota as well as leaf spots have been investigated in three wild medicinal plant species [ Fagonia cretica L. (Zygophyllaceae); Peganum harmala L. (Peganaceae) and Scorzonera undulata Vahl (Asteraceae)] growing in Egypt. Thirty eight fungal species belonging to 18 genera were collected from leaf surfaces (15 genera and 32 species) and anthers/pollen grains (16/26) of F. cretica , P. harmala and S. undulata on Czapek‐Dox agar at 27 °C. There is basic similarity of mycobiota in the two microhabitats (leaf surface and anther/pollen grains) of the three wild medicinal plants with the most frequently encountered fungi were Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium herbarum, and Ulocladium botrytis. Also some members of Aspergillus, Fusarium and Stemphylium were only common in any of the two microhabitats. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)