Pistacia khinjuk Stocks

Hatmi, S. Al, Al Hinai, Abdulrahman, Al Qassabi, Zawan, Alzahrani, Ali Mohammed & Knees, Sabina, 2024, STUDIES IN THE FLORA OF ARABIA: XXXV. NEW RECORDS FROM THE SULTANATE OF OMAN, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 81 (2002), pp. 1-11 : 6

Pistacia khinjuk Stocks

Feulner (2011) recorded this species but without providing any precise distribution details to indicate if this record was from Oman or the United Arab Emirates. We hereby prove the existence of this species in Oman.

The distribution of Pistacia khinjuk on the Arabian Peninsula was previously confined to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. To date, the genus Pistacia has been represented by only one species in Oman, P. falcata Becc. ex Martelli , which is restricted to the southern mountains of Dhofar. Our recent fieldwork revealed trees of Pistacia khinjuk in a single location in the mountains of Musandam, in a wadi north of Daba, where it was found growing with trees of Ficus salicifolia Vahl and Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori ( Figure 3 A ). This represents the second record of this genus in Oman.

Specimens. OMAN. Northern Oman: Musandam, Wadi Maqi, north of Daba after wadi Khabb A Shamsi , 25°46′11.4’′′ N, 56°14′57.3′′E, 586 m, S. Al Hatmi SAHATM 558 ( OBG) .

Figures

Figure 3. Pistacia khinjuk: A, leafy twig with fruit. Boerhavia repens: B, abaxial and adaxial leaf surfaces (left and right leaf, respectively). Jatropha spinosa: C, habit; D, leafy twig; E, fruit. Photographs: Saif Al Hatmi.