Bombacoxylon owenii (Carr.) Gottwald from Gebel Shabraweet, Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt.

Abstract

Bombacoxylon owenii (Carr.) Gottwald (Bombacaceae), was widespread in Egypt in ages ranging from Oligocene
to Quaternary. This is the first record of this species from Gebel Shabraweet. Comments on the distribution of all
species of Bombacoxylon in the world are given.

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