An Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar

The checklist provides an up-to-date scientific reference for ecologists and others carying out research on Qatar’s habitats and vegetation. Two of the authors are local Qataris, who have studied the flora as part of their academic careers. The checklist updates information published more than 25 years ago by previous botanists working in the country, noatably Professor Batanouny who published his Ecology and Flora of Qatar in 1981. The checklist will also be useful to local people and visitors interested in the flora of Qatar.