Floristic Analysis of the Family Fabaceae in Msallata city- Libya
Abstract
A survey of the family Fabaceae in Msallata was taken for two consecutive seasons in the period between February 2024 to April 2025. A total number of 55 plant species belong to 23 genera have been collected and identified, the dominant genera were Astragalus and Medicago which represented by 6 species each, followed by the genera Ononis and Vicia which followed by 5 species each, and Hippocrepis, Lotus, Trifolium with 4 species each.
The study of the chorological spectrum revealed the dominance of the Mediterranean plants with 36 species and a percentage of 65.45%, followed by Mediterranean/Irano-Turanean plants with 8 species and a percentage of 14.54%. The results of the analysis of the life form spectrum of the species based on the Raunkiaer's method showed the absolute dominance of Therophytes with 44 species (80%), followed by Nanophanerophytes, Hemicryptophytes with 4 species each (7.27%) and Chamaephytes with 3 species (5.45%).
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