Flora

Caroxylon tetragonum (Delile) Moq.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Sept-Oct.

General Appearance

Caroxylon tetragonum (Delile) Moq. / Homotypic Synonyms: Salsola tetragona Delile, it is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrub land biome, plant white in appearance, with dense, soft silky hairs on leaves, all flowers similar, hermaphrodite, producing wings on the fruiting perianth, and stamens not exserted. Flowering perianth villous, including wings c. 8 mm across, pink or rclldish. Stamens 5. ± included, opposite the perianth, anthers smaller with small pollen grain.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is N. Africa to Israel.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Derisia (Talmeta),Tocra, Al-Bakur,Barce, Shahat-Susa,Susa-Derna 2016

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Bir Acheim, Bir Belamed 1933 (2 km) from Al-Tamimi to Tobruk 1977 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

Al-Qibla area:

Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Ghadames area:

Ain Migzim, (10 km) from main road and turning of main road from Ghadames 1975

Notes

Wild in Libya, a desert species common in sandy ground, medicinal plant.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164651-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/164651-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000588241, https://www.gbif.org/species/3759369, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/237051/caroxylon-tetragonum-delile-moq, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi, https://atlas-sahara.org/Amaranthaceae/Salsola%20tetragona/Salsola%20tetragona.html?cat=Amaranthaceae, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Amaranthaceae/Salsola_tetragona.htm

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) 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://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2

Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (In Arabic)

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)

El-Shaary MS. (2002) The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic)