CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF QESHM ISLAND, IRAN

Qeshm island with an area of 1445 km² is the largest island in the Persian Gulf situated alongside the Hormozgan province coast, stretching from Bandar Abbas to the Khamir port. Of the vegetation in the island, one can mention the mangrove forest on the northern shores of the island in Laft and Tabl districts, halophyte plant associations and psamophyte-halophyte vegetation on the eroded terraces and the dry woodlands. In this paper 314 native species in the island are listed of which 74 species have, as yet, not been recorded in any other Qeshm documents. Classification based on biological types indicates that the therophytes and chamaephytes make up the largest percentage of the plants. From the chrological point they also exhibit the largest percentage of Saharo-Sindian elements.