Three new species of Convolvulus L. records to the Flora of Western Desert, Iraq

Abstract

Three species belong to the genus Convolvulus L. from the Convolvulaceae family, new to Flora of Western Desert District were recorded. These species were Convolvulus cantabrica L., Convolvulus reticulatus Choisy and Convolvulus stachydifolius Choisy. Species were photographed, their taxonomical and ecological characters, as well as their geographical distribution in the Western Desert were demonstrated. Plant samples were collected, precisely identified, dried and herbarium specimens were prepared and deposited at Anbar University Herbarium (AUH). Some notes on habitat, flowering and fruiting periods were provided. The means and reasons that helped these species to be distributed in new places within the Western Desert District of Iraq were realistically discussed, it was found that there was no sample of the three mentioned species that were collected from the Western Desert District at all.