Moroccan Journal of Biology an Updated Checklist of the Wetland
Moroccan Journal of Biology http://www.fst.ac.ma/mjb Number 17 (2020) e-ISSN: 2351-8456 - p-ISSN: 1114-8756 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12937823.v3 An updated checklist of the wetland vascular flora from Morocco Abdelmajid Khabbach1, Mohamed Libiad1,2, Abdeslam Ennabili3 1SNAMOPEQ Laboratory, Multidisciplinary Faculty, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 35000 Taza 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, 93000 Tetouan 3MPCE Laboratory, Superior School of Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 30000 Fez Abstract This work consists of a synthesis of previous data in order to establish an updated inventory of the wetland flora of Morocco, increased by state of conservation (risk of extinction), geographical distribution and autoecolgical data. A total of 672 wetland plant species, subspecies, varieties, and forma from Moroccan wetlands are inventoried, corresponding to 91 botanical families. Cyperaceae and Poaceae have the most wetland plant taxa (20.4%), followed by Asteraceae and Fabaceae (13.9%). Of these wetland vascular plant taxa, 16.2% are endemic and 44.8% are on the IUCN Red List. The floristic regions of North Atlantic Morocco and Rif house around 69.6% and 68.5% of wetland vascular flora respectively. The eutrophic wet habitats favour the growth of 32.4% of the taxa inventoried. Three taxa are invasive among some 17 introduced ones. Keywords: Conservation, Distribution, Endemism, Red List, Wetland Flora. Introduction Wetlands are areas where drylands Madihi et al., 2007; Maman & Laurent, come into contact with water or are water- 2010). saturated and are characterized by the Part of the extraordinary presence of water-dependent plant and biodiversity of wetlands is constituted by animal species.
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