Flora

Bupleurum nanum Poir.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-May

General Appearance

Bupleurum nanum Poir. / Homotypic Synonyms: Bupleurum nodiflorum ssp. nanum (Poir.) Jafri, it is an annual and very similar to the Bupleurum nodiflorum Sibth. & Sm., but plants prostrate to ascending, usually with 3-8 umbels: spaces between the veins of bracteoles semitransparent.,

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is NE. Libya to Palestine.

Distribution in Libya

Marmarica Plateau:

Al-Tamimi to Omm Rezem 1970 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/species/3637593

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839275-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/839275-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000575579, https://www.gbif.org/species/3637593, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154404/bupleurum-nanum-poir

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) 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

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