Iman H. Nourhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9375-8472,^1,*,**,*** Rim S. Hamdyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-693X,^2,**** Ahmed K. Osmanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8818-8789,^3,***** Mohamed O. Badryhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9346-2831<sup>3,**,******

1</sup>Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
²Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
³Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt

^*These authors contributed equally as co-first authors.
^**CONTACT Iman H. Nour Iman.nour@alexu.edu.eg Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21511, Egypt
^***Iman Hassan Nour graduated in botany from the Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (2009). She has a master's degree (2014) and PhD (2019) in plant taxonomy and palynology from the Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Her research focuses on the taxonomy and systematics of angiosperms, and the palynology of the current flora.
^****Rim Samir Hamdy is a professor in the Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. She received a BSc in botany and MSc and PhD degrees in plant taxonomy and flora from the same university. She has experience in botany with emphasis on plant taxonomy, working mainly on archaeobotany, systematic botany, plant anatomy, and seed and pollen morphology.
^*****Ahmed K. Osman is a professor of plant taxonomy and flora in the Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Egypt. His research focuses on plant systematics and evolution, and the origin and maintenance of plant diversity in all photosynthetic lineages, including flowering plants, gymnosperms, bryophytes, ferns and lycophytes.
^******Mohamed Owis Badry is a lecturer in the Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, at South Valley University, Egypt. He received his BSc degree from South Valley University, Egypt (2008), a master's degree in science – botany (2012) from the same institution and a PhD in plant systematics (2018) from the PhD joint supervision programme between his home university and Massey University, New Zealand. He has experience in the areas of palynology, plant anatomy and morphology, phylogenetics, and flora. He specializes in the current systematics of many plant families, such as Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Malvaceae.