Flora

Koelpinia linearis Pall.

Common Name: Geez el Ghazal.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Jun.

General Appearance

Koelpinia linearis Pall., it is a annual herb, up to 40 cm, slender. Stems simple or few branched, erect or ascending, hairy or glabrescent in the upper parts; hairs simple and biramus or bifurcate. Leaves, linear or filiform, mostly crowded in the lower parts, 30-80 (-100) mm long. Capitula,1-3 on a branch, occasionally ± sub sessile capitula in the basal parts of the plant. Peduncles 2-4 (-5) cm; capitula 6-7 (-9) x (2-) 3.5-4 mm (in fruiting 10-30 mm broad). Involucral bracts 5-7, linear, entire, hairy. Cypscla (8-) 12-18 mm; hooks simple or with subsidiary hooks, hairy; hairs white-glistening; apex with 6-7 (-9), rigid hooks; hook similar to those on the back, connate on the base.

Life Form

Phytochoria

IT+ES+MED. The native range of this species is SE. Spain, N. Africa to Sahara and Arabian Peninsula, Ukraine to W. China and W. Himalaya.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Bir Aiad, Wadi El-Atal 1975 Wadi Al Hira 1976

Benghazi Plain: Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016

Jabal Nafusa: Taghrna, (5 km) from Yefren, Kabau, Abu-Zaian, Manka El Bhar, (2 km) before Kaleba (15 km) after Kaleba to Mizda 1974 (16 km) S. of Nalut 1975 Bughelan 1976 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Al-Qibla area: Wadi Nesma region 2009 Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Notes

Wild in Libya, occurs in semi desert areas.

Link of images: https://www.floraofqatar.com/koelpinia_linearis.htm, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/21731.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:227574-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/227574-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000083622, https://www.gbif.org/species/3144493, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/138069/koelpinia-linearis-pall, https://atlas-sahara.org/Asteraceae/Koelpinia%20linearis/Koelpinia%20linearis.html?cat=Asteraceae, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/KOELIN/, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/21731.html, https://www.floraofqatar.com/koelpinia_linearis.htm

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:

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://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

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

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017

El-Zerbi, A. K., Al-Borki, A. S., Al-Aib, M.A. (2016) Study of vegetation in Protected Al-Bedan southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-No. (2) Volume (2) December 2016. ISSN: 2413-5267(In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://journals.asmarya.edu.ly/jmset/index.php/JMSET/article/view/103, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371283472_drast_alghta_alnbaty_bmhmyt_albydan_jnwb_shrq_ajdabya_lybya

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمحمية البيضان جنوب شرق اجدابيا- ليبيا. 2016

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).

Bahri, N.M. (2009) Study of the vegetation covers of Wadi Nesma region, northwest of Libya. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, College 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).

El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic).