Flora

Allium ruhmerianum Asch. ex E.A.Durand & Barratte

Common Name: Nargis

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Flowering Time: Dec.

General Appearance

Allium ruhmerianum Asch. ex E.A.Durand & Barratte, it is a bulbous geophyte, bulb small, ovoid, attached to rhizome; tunics brown, the outermost coriaceous. Leaves linear, narrow, glabrous with smooth margin, as high as umbel or longer, forming sheaths around the scape, high above the ground level; scape cylindrical, glabrous; spathe univalved, persistent, shorter than umbel. Umbel 10-12 small-flowered; pedicels unequal; perianth whitish, tepals membranous, elliptical-oblong with green nerve; stamens included, style inserted; ovary with three protrusions at the top.

Life Form

Phytochoria

Endemic. The native range of this species is NE. Libya.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Benghazi 1882 Fuehat 1914

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Telmetta 1913 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Gebel Akhder 2009 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 Wadi Al-Agar 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019

Notes

Wild, Endemic in Cyrenaica, Endangered Plant in Libya.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528769-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/528769-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000757210, https://www.gbif.org/species/2857510, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/155914/allium-ruhmerianum-asch-ex-e-a-durand-barratte, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.s06-3975, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Allium+ruhmerianum

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Alliaceae Vol. (33) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)

Al-Aib, M.A., El- Sherif, M., Al-Hamedi, R.I. (2017) Floristic and ecological investigation of Wadi Al-Agar in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya, Science & its applications 5:1 (2017) 57-61. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323772926_Floristic_and_ecological_investigation_of_Wadi_Al-Agar_in_Al-Jabal_Al-Akhdar-Libya

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf

El-Darier, S.M. & El-Mogaspi, F.M. (2009) Ethno botany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya). World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3): 353-360, 2009 ISSN 1817-3047, IDOSI Publications, 2009. http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas5(3)/16.pdf

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. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)