Boerhavia repens

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 : 8

Boerhavia repens L.

This species is distributed from Africa across southern Asia to Australasia. Previously, it was known from the whole of the Arabian Peninsula except Oman. This new record from Oman extends its distribution to the entire Peninsula . In Oman, it was found in Al Dreez village (Ibri), where it was growing as a weed in a private cultivated garden ( Figure 3 B ).

Specimens. OMAN. Northern Oman: Ibri, Al Dreez (in private garden), 23°17′30.3′′N, 56°38′05.5′′E, 400 m, S. Al Hatmi SAHATM 669 ( 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.