Flora

Noaea mucronata (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Jul-Aug.

General Appearance

Noaea mucronata (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf., it is a perennial, thorny shrub, spreading to ascending, with many branches, glabrous and waxy, up to 60 cm tall, with branches ending in thorns. The leaves are alternate, ribbon-like, 0.5 -1.5 cm long, semi-cylindrical and spiny. with an ovate base. subulate or linear-filiform above. upper ones shorter, somewhat decurrent, semiterete. mucronate, ± papillose-scabrous at margin. Bracts and bracteoles ovate at base, triquetrous-subulate. Flowers axillary, alternate along the branches; perianth lobes c. 4 mm; wings in fruit unequal, 5-6 mm in diam, membranous, white or purplish, obovate to oblong, with usually erose margins: style thick, elongated. Seed vertical, with spiral embryo.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+SA+IT. The native range of this species is N. Africa to Afghanistan and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

(45 km) E. of Al-Merj 1977

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

Notes

Wild in Libya, its distribution is limited to sandy, rocky soils, medicinal plant.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166200-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/166200-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000378798, https://www.gbif.org/species/6035828, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/131727/noaea-mucronata-forssk-asch-schweinf, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi, http://www.lebanon-flora.org/species.php?id_pl=337, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/noaea_mucronata/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/amaranthaceae/noaea-mucronata, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/25129.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/NOAMUC/

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

Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development in dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

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