Hordeum murinum

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 : 9

Hordeum murinum L.

This new record extends this species’ area of distribution to include Oman with the rest of the Arabian Peninsula , except for Yemen ( Cope, 2007). In Oman, it is recorded from the Musandam mountains at higher altitudes, where it was found growing in abandoned agricultural terraces ( Figure 2D ).

Specimens. OMAN. Northern Oman: Musandam, Jabal Harim, Sahaseh Plateau , 25°57′51′′N, 56°12′21.3′′E, 1450 m, L. Al Harthy & A. Al Hinai LAH 36 ( OBG) .

Figures

Figure 2. Clerodendrum phlomidis: A, habitat; B, leafy twig; C, close-up of leafy twig, showing flowers. Hordeum murinum: D, inflorescence. Photographs: Saif Al Hatmi.