Biodiversity of bulbous and tuberous geophytes from the El Kala National Park (North-Eastern Algeria): checklist, vulnerability and conservation

Authors

  • Besma Dechir Department of Biology, Fac. Sciences of Nature and Life, Mohamed-Cherif Messaadia University-Souk Ahras, 41000, Algeria.
  • Atef Chouikh Biology Department, Faculty of Natural Science and Life, El Oued University, Algeria.
  • Tarek Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba-Algeria
  • Nawel Nadia Azizi Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chadli Bendjedid University, El Tarf, Algeria
  • Nawe Ganaoui Department of Biology, Fac. Sciences of Nature and Life, Mohamed-Cherif Messaadia University-Souk Ahras, 41000, Algeria.
  • AbdSlem Grira El Kala National Park, El Tarf-Algeria.
  • Ahmed Abdiouene National Institute of Forest Research of Souarekh, El Tarf, Algeria.
  • Mohamed Cherif Maaz Laboratory of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, Mohamed Cherif Messaadia University, Souk Ahras, 41000, Algeria.
  • Azzedine Chefrour
Keywords: Rare species; Endemism; Flora.

Abstract

Thirty stations at the El Kala National Park (North Eastern Algeria) were the subject of a floristic focused on the study of the ecology of bulbous and tuberous geophytes. The floristic analysis was used to draw up a checklist of 67 species belonging to 36 genera and 14 families, among of which 19 species a high proportion of rare and /or endemic taxa; among them six signed taxa are endemic to algerian-tunisian mainly represented by family of Orchidaceae. In this work, we recorded the presence of a new species for the Algerian flora which is Ophrys fusca subsp. lupercalis. Multivariate analyses revealed certain environmental variables determining the distribution of geophytes. The visited sites show an alarming vulnerability and subject to threats, particularly anthropogenic ones.

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Published
08-05-2019
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Dechir, B., Chouikh, A., Tarek, Azizi, N. N., Ganaoui, N., Grira, A., … Chefrour, A. (2019). Biodiversity of bulbous and tuberous geophytes from the El Kala National Park (North-Eastern Algeria): checklist, vulnerability and conservation. Anales de Biología, (41), 25–38. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/414031
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