Flora

Amaranthus standleyanus Parodi ex Covas

Common Name: Bu zinzir

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Oct-Nov

General Appearance

Amaranthus standleyanus Parodi ex Covas , it is an annual herbs; stems erect or decumbent, glabrous, pubescent toward inflorescence. Leaves petiolate; blade lanceolate, ovate or rounded-rhombic. Inflorescences mainly axillary, but also terminal. Pistillate flowers: sepals 5, spathulate. Fruit utricle, rugose.

Life Form

Phytochoria

The native range of this species is Bolivia to N. & Central Argentina.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

(10-20 km) E. Tripoli 1966

Jabal Nafusa area:

Along the coastal road from Tripoli to Khoms 1966

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Wadi Zaza 2003

Qibla area:

Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Notes

Introduced in Libya, is a minor weed, where prefers sandy soils, roadsides.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59679-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/59679-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000530499, https://www.gbif.org/species/5548401, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/319/amaranthus-standleyanus-parodi-ex-covas, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amaranthus+standleyanus, https://awsjournal.org/wp-content/plugins/xml-to-html/include/lens/index.php?xml=2675-9462-aws-40-spe2-e0202200013.xml&lang=en

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:

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

Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic)