Flora

Amaranthus graecizans L.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Dec

General Appearance

Amaranthus graecizans L., it is an annual herb, pubescent in distal parts or becoming glabrescent at maturity. Stems erect to ascending or decumbent, branched at or distal to base, 0.1-0.9 m. Leaves: petiole variable in length; blade lanceolate to nearly linear or rhombic-ovate to elliptic-ovate, (1.5-)2-4(-5) × 1-3 cm, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margins entire, plane, rarely indistinctly undulate, apex subacute to obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate. Inflorescences axillary glomerules, green. Bracts lanceolate, sub spinescent, 1.5-2 mm, shorter or slightly longer than tepals. Pistillate flowers: tepals 3, erect, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, equal or subequal, 1.5-2 mm, apex short-acuminate; style branches slightly spreading; stigmas (2-)3. Staminate flowers intermixed with pistillate; tepals 3, equal or sub equal; stamens 3. Utricles sub globose to broadly elliptic, 2-2.5 mm, slightly rugose, dehiscence regularly circumscissile, rarely irregularly dehiscent. Seeds black, lenticular, 1-1.3(-1.6) mm diam., smooth or indistinctly punctate.

Life Form

Phytochoria

S-Cosm. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Indian Subcontinent and Angola

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

(20 km) E. Tripoli 1966 Tripoli 1975 10 km from Zuara to farwa 1976 Sabratha region 2020

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015, 2016

Benghazi Plain:

Dariana, (40 km) from Benghazi 1972

Jabal Nafusa area:

Along the coastal road from Tripoli to Khoms 1966

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Shees 2014 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Marmarica Plateau:

From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999

Fezzan area:

Grega, (150 km) from Sebha to Germa 1973

Gebel Al-Uweinat:

Gebel Uweinat 1968

Notes

Wild in Libya.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:10641-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/10641-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000530231, https://www.gbif.org/species/5384373, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/131388/amaranthus-graecizans-l, https://prota.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Amaranthus+graecizans+L., https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Amaranthus_graecizans, https://www.maltawildplants.com/AMAR/Amaranthus_graecizans.php, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amaranthus%20graecizans, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/amagra/, https://www.floraofqatar.com/amaranthus_graecizans.htm

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Amaranthaceae Vol. (42) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055.https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313.

https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017 (In Arabic) http://jese.uoa.edu.ly/JESE_V1N1/JESE_V1N1P11.pdf

Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68

https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES.

https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

Shaltout, K., Fawzy, M., Galal, T., Awad, M., El-Barasi, Y. (2014) Impact of waste water discharge on the plant communities and size structure of Wadi El-Shees, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Feddes Repertorium 2014, 125, 1–13, DOI: 10.1002/fedr.201400023, c 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fedr.201400023, https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=3-C8aFIAAAAJ&hl=ja

El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf

Al-Habony MEE 1999. Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean Coast of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border. MSc. Thesis. Department of Botany. Faculty of Science. Benghazi University. Benghazi. Libya.