Flora

Hyoseris lucida L.

Family: Asteraceae

General Appearance

Hyoseris lucida L. ̸ Homotypic Synonyms: Hyoseris radiata var. lucida (L.) E.A.Durand & Barratte , it is a short to medium perennial plant, hairy or almost hairless. the stem simple, sub erect, usually 10-30 cm, scarcely swollen in fruit. All the leaves basal, 50-250 x 10-50 mm, ascending or erect, oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, often long-petiolate divided into more or less ovate lobes.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is N. Africa, Greece to Aegean Islands.

Distribution in Libya

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

Notes

Wild in Libya ????

Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/82552.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225367-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/225367-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000043168, https://www.gbif.org/species/3134551, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/187063/hyoseris-lucida-l, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/82552.html, http://mynaturephotography.com/hyoseris-lucida/, http://www.cretanflora.com/hyoseris_lucida.html

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) 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

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PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 469 – under: Hyoseris radiata var. baetica auct. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica