Some floristic and chemotaxonomic studies of the flowering plants of Makkah

Meelad, MMHS

Abstract

This thesis consists of four chapters, which together
contains the results of the author's floristic studies on the
flowering plants of Makkah and his chemotoxonic studies of
Cassia senna and Cassia holosericea. The first chapter includes
a phyto-geographic account of and a floristic history of Saudi
Arabia and ends with a listing of the research objectives of
the present study. Chapter two delineates the area of study and
contains full details of both the botanical and chemical
experimental methods employed in the floristic and soil analysis
studies.
In the main chapter three, the first flora of Makkah is
presented, together with the first English-Arabic glossary of
botanical terms. This chapter also includes a detailed Discussion
and Commentary on the flora of Makkah together with the results
of the first soil analysis of this region of Saudi Arabia.
The final chapter four contains the experimental methods
used in a chemotaxonomic study of two morphologically identical
Cassia plants, namely of C. senna and C. holosericea. For the
chemical studies, the technique of paper chromatography and
electrophoresis were employed, whilst for the taxonamic studies,
light and scanning electron microscopic investigations were performed.
These studies showed that at the chemical level and at the
microscopic level the two plants could be distinguished and it is
thus concluded that either they should retain their separate
species classification or that they should be considered as subspecies.

Citation

Meelad, M. Some floristic and chemotaxonomic studies of the flowering plants of Makkah. (Thesis). University of Salford

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Aug 16, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 16, 2011
• Award Date: Jan 1, 1987