Visnaga daucoides Gaertn.

Common Name: Sfinnari hmeer
Family: Apiaceae
Flowering Time: Apr-Aug.

General Appearance

Visnaga daucoides Gaertn./ Homotypic Synonyms: Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam., it is an annual or biennial,  erect, up to 1 m tall. glabrous herb with ± terete, furrowed, divaricately branched stems. Leaves ovate, up to 20 x 15 cm, basal unipinnatisect, often withering at anthesis, upper ones sessile to sub sessile, 3-4-pinnatisect ultimate segments narrowly linear or filiform, usually up to 1 (-1.5) mm wide, divaricate, entire, cuspidate. Umbels many-rayed, flattish or ± convex, on up to .15 cm long, sulcate, stout terminal peduncles; rays thick 3-5 (-7) cm long, arising from a conspicuously thickened lip of peduncle, sub equal, ± contracted in fruit to form nest-like structure. Bracts many, shorter to longer than rays, 3-5-partite into long, filiform segments. Umbellules many-flowered. pedicels unequal up to 7 mm long. Bracteoles sctose-filiform. shorter to longer than pedicels. entire, patent. Petals white, nearly as long as wide, deeply 2-lobed, not radiating. Anthers orbicular, pinkish, Styles reflexed in fruit. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 1.5-2 x c. 1 mm, blackish-brown, glabrous; mericarps with 5, prominent, rather thick ribs, flattish on inner face.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

S-Cosm. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran and E. Ethiopia.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

El-Zawia 2015

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Misurata 2006,2015  Leptus Magna 2017  Wadi Kaam (Estuary) 2022

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015, 2016

Benghazi Plain:

Benghazi 1978  Wadi El Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa:

Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020  Wadi Kaam (Headwaters) 2022

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Shahat, (55 km) from Al-Beida to Al-Marj, (87 km) from Al-Baida to Labrag, (15 km) from Lamluda, (10 km) from Al-Baida to Derna 1972 Shahat, Shahat to Ras El-Hilal 1978  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi Zaza 2003   Al-Mansora 2013  Valley Jarjr-oma 2013  Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019  From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019

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:

Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357516127_Vegetation_analysis_of_Wadi_Kaam_at_northwest_Libya, https://jbes.journals.ekb.eg/article_372060_558ee8095e2cf97881a8a3cc705aa126.pdf

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Pashtota in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj- University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic).  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb

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).

Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://journals.asmarya.edu.ly/jmset/index.php/JMSET/article/view/95, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en  https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf

Al-Fiqi, Abd al-Salam M., Abul-Qasim, R. (2015) Inventory of the vegetation cover surrounding Al-Zawiya University. The Libyan Journal of Science Volume 18, 2014/2015 .(In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/issue/view/24

Aljarroushi, M.M. & Almedham, K.E. (2015) Natural plant cover composition in Misurata area, Libya. Assiut Journal for Environmental Studies-42nd issue-July 2015. (In Arabic).

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

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

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en,   https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

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).

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).

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