1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Omar Al Mukhtar University Al Baida, Libya.
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gazi University.
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2025, 22(03), 021–027
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2025.22.3.0519
Received on 11 April 2025; revised on 28 May 2025; accepted on 31 May 2025
Based on previous vegetation survey made in the Asliyt area southeast the city of Al-Bayda in Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya in 2017, a new species of grass Aegilops columnaris Zhukovsky belonging to the Poaceae family is recorded for the first. The morphological characteristics of this species were precisely studied. Current specie was compared with the six species in the Libyan flora by using the DATAtab Hierarchical cluster software analysis. Aegilops neglecta found to be the closest species to Aegilops columnaris and was add it to the species identification key in the Flora of Libya.
Aegilops columnaris; New record; Poaceae; Asliyt-Libya
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Hana Y, Omar , Ensaf H. Dakeel and Zeki AytaÇ. Aegilops columnaris Zhukovsky) Poaceae (: A new record for Libya. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2025, 22(03), 021–027. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2025.22.3.0519.