Flora

Daucus jordanicus Post

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Dec-Apr.

General Appearance

Daucus jordanicus Post, it is an annual. slender herb, glabrous or sparingly papillose, up to 15-30 (-50) cm tall, erect, dichotomously branched. Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect with linear to filiform ultimate segments; setulose at the apices. Umbels 6-12-rayed, long-peduncled, terminal; rays somewhat unequal, up to 8 cm long in fruit. Bracts unequal, linear-subulate, entire (very rarely 3-fid or pinnatisect), about half as long as the rays, not deflexed in fruit; bracteoles shorter to about as long as the pedicels, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals shortly radiating, white. Fruit oblong-ellipsoidal, 5-7 x 4-5 mm (including prickles), shorter than pedicels; prickles on secondary ribs numerous, much longer than the width of the medcarps, free to the base, weak, setaceous, whitish with minute glochidia at apex.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is Libya, Syria to Jordan.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Tripoli 1914 Tripoli 1975 (25 km) from Al Assa to Ragdalin Zwara 1976

Jabal Nafusa:

Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Qibla area:

Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.g00367454

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841131-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/841131-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000638556, https://www.gbif.org/species/3641260, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154604/daucus-jordanicus-post, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.g00367454

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:

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

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)

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)

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic)