Taxonomic Study of Trees and Shrubs of Zalingei Area West Darfur State- Sudan

Mutasim Mohammed Ali Hamid, Dr Maha Ahmed Yousif Kordofani

Abstract: The present study forms a checklist on taxonomy of trees and shrubs of Zalingei area Western Sudan. The material examined included freshly collected specimens plus all specimens deposited at various herbaria and those reported for the study area in different sites (publication) (Triag, Abata, Orokam and Shawa). A total number of forty eight plant species that belong to thirty one genera, twenty families and three subfamilies were documented to represent the present taxonomy of trees and shrubs of Zalingei area. The study resulted in identification of four species not recorded in the study area before and disappearance of nine species, In addition to that the species names were updated.

Keywords: trees and shrubs