Shehata, Faiza A.
Hamdy, Rim
Hafez, Rehab M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cairo University
Article History
Received: 3 February 2024
Accepted: 28 August 2024
First Online: 18 September 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Experimental research and field studies on plants (either cultivated or wild), including the collection of plant materials, are comply with relevant international guidelines and legislation. The plants were obtained after permission from Cairo University. The voucher herbarium specimens were prepared and matched for identification with the authentic ones at the herbarium of Cairo University (CAI). The plants were identified by the official staff member at Cairo University. As the specimens are not already present in other institutional collections, as scientists, we apply non-lethal sampling techniques to gather the bare minimum of specimens required for the completion of the research, after which the collected specimens are deposited at both Cairo University herbarium (CAI) and Menoufia University herbaria. All the sampling collections process follows the rules present in the IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction and the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.