Correction of Salix L. [Salicaceae] in the flora of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb, Sana'a Governorate, Yemen

ABSTRACT

In 1997, J. R. I. Wood identified Salix sp. collected from the stream, located at the southwest part of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb, as Salix mucronata Thunb. In this paper, the identity of the only Salix sp. founded in Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb is Salix excelsa Gmel, which is elucidated by providing photos and morphological description. Specimens collected from the same locality were compared with the description of S. mucronata cited in Flora Capensis, Flora of Arabian Peninsula and Socotra and Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is clarified that a misidentification was made by J. R. I. Wood. Thus the correct name for Salix species, found in the flora of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb as described, is Salix excelsa Gmel. But not S. mucronata Thunb. as cited by J. R. I. Wood 1997.