Flora

Allium sardoum Moris

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Flowering Time: May-Jul.

General Appearance

Allium sardoum Moris / Heterotypic Synonyms: Allium negrianum Maire & Weiller it is a bulbous geophyte, the bulb is ovoid and 2 cm in diameter. The outer coat is membranous or leathery. The leaves are 2 to 4 in number, threadlike and 1 to 3 mm wide. Spata is 1 to 3 cm long. The inflorescence is oval to spherical, multi-flowered and 1 to 3 cm in diameter. The lengths of the stems are unequal. The flower cover is cylindrical. The flowers are whitish and do not have green or purple markings. Instead, green or pinkish stripes appear. The stamens protrude. Anthers are yellow or purple in color. The capsule is mostly 3 mm long.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Misuratan 2006

Jabal Nafusa:

Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Reported from Wadi El Kouf by Mair & weiller Al-Mansora 2013

Notes

Wild in Libya, Endangered Plant in Libya.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528795-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/528795-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/2857930, https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/1353403-Allium-sardoum, https://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?noind=1&scientific-name=allium+sardoum

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:

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic)

Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic)