Abstract
The discovery of newly recorded species of Asteraceae (Artemisia sieberi Besser, Crepis
kotschyana (Boiss.) Boiss., Garhadiolus hedypnois Jaub. & Spach), Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.)
Boiss.), Brassicaceae (Clypeola aspera (Grauer) Turrill), Caryophyllaceae (Velezia fasciculata
Boiss.) and Poaceae (Aegilops kotschyi Boiss. and Poa sinaica Steud.) is reported for Fujairah
Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Of these species, Crepis kotschyana, Garhadiolus hedypnois,
Clypeola aspera, Lactuca orientalis are new for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a whole
and Velezia fasciculata is new for UAE and Oman (Musandam). All of them were found in the
mountains at altitudes between 1300–1360 m in the environs of Al Tawyeen (Fujairah, UAE).
Skvortsovia:
8(2): 1 – 24 (published on line 24 August 2022)