New occurrences for the flora of Mount Lebanon and rediscovery of Daphne pontica
Citation
El Zein H (2021). New occurrences for the flora of Mount Lebanon and rediscovery of Daphne pontica. Version 1.6. Check List. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/79a7rn accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.Description
During a series of surveys in two valleys of Mount Lebanon between 2014 and 2020, four new occurrences of vascular plants were detected. Atropa bella-donna L. (Solanaceae, Spermatophyte), Circaea lutetiana L. (Onagraceae, Spermatophyte), and Euonymus latifolius (L.) Mill. (Celastraceae, Spermatophyte) were recorded for the first time in Lebanon, while Daphne pontica L. (Thymelaeaceae, Spermatophyte), thought to be extirpated in Lebanon was rediscovered after 70 years. This resource was created to summarize the occurrences of the specimens collected.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Entire valleys of Wadi Nahr el-Assi (Metn district) and Wadi Jhannam (Minieh-Danniye district).Sampling
Botanical exploration aiming at locating various plant species with geographic coordinates and mapping them.Quality Control
The collected specimens have been deposited at the Post Herbarium in the American University of Beirut (BEI).Method steps
- Exploration, locate plant species, describe habitat, record geographic coordinates, take sample from interesting species.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The surveys were carried out in Nahr el-Assi (Metn District) during 2014 and 2015 and in Wadi Jhannam (Minie-Danniye District) in spring to winter of 2018–2020. The valley of Nahr el-Assi in Baskinta is located 10 km eastward from the Sannine summit, the second-highest point in the Mount Lebanon range (2,628 m a.s.l.). The valley of Wadi Jhannam is located 13 km north of Qornet es-Sawda, the highest summit of the range (3,088 m a.s.l.).
Bibliographic Citations
- El Zein H, Bou Dagher-Kharrat M (2021) New records of vascular plants for the flora of Lebanon: a rare species rediscovered after seventy years, Daphne pontica L. (Thymelaeaceae), and three new occurrences, Atropa bella-donna L. (Solanaceae), Circaea lutetiana L. (Onagraceae), and Euonymus latifolius (L.) Mill. (Celastraceae). Check List 17 -
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