Ten new species of Omani plants discovered

Muscat: Oman Botanic Garden registered 10 new species of plants that are native to the Sultanate of Oman. The newly registered plants, discovered by local and international researchers in different governorates of Oman, include a rare species of wild barley strain that is indigenous to Sahasah area in the Wilayat of Khasab.

Four offspring of the newly discovered species grow in Dhofar Governorate, three of them grow in Musandam Governorate, two in Al Buraimi Governorate and one in Al Dhahirah Governorate.

These plants are extremely rare. They spread sparsely in limited geographical areas and in very small numbers.

In addition to international researchers, the team that discovered the new species included researchers from Oman Botanic Garden. The discoveries were recently published in a scientific paper in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany (EJB) in the United Kingdom (UK).