Flora

Cynanchum acutum L.

Family: Apocynaceae

Flowering Time: Jun-Sept.

General Appearance

Cynanchum acutum L it is a climbing subshrub or shrub, stem glabrous below, slightly pubescent above. Leaves cordate, 2-15 x 1.5-10 cm, entire, acute, petioles 1-5 cm long. Flowers in axillary, pedunculate umbellate cymes, peduncles 1-6 cm long. Corolla white or pink, 8-12 mm in diameter, glabrous, lobes linear acute, 1 mm broad. Corona segments triangular. Follicles c. 9-12 cm x c. 8-10 mm.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+ES+IT. The native range of this species is Canary Islands (Lanzarote), Medit. to Siberia and N. China.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015, 2016

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Al- Jaghboub area:

Ghagbub, sebkha melfa 1926

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CYNACU/, https://ukrbin.com/index.php?id=290905, https://bgflora.net/families/asclepiadaceae/cynanchum/cynanchum_acutum/cynanchum_acutum_4_en.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95989-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/95989-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000632748, https://www.gbif.org/species/3571089, https://eol.org/pages/2899761, https://botany.cz/cs/cynanchum-acutum/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CYNACU/, https://ukrbin.com/index.php?id=290905, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/cynanchum_acutum/, http://www.sardegnaflora.it/linkerbe%20a-l/cynanchum_acutum.html

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S. M. H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Asclepiadaceae Vol. (9) 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

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

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