Sonchus bulbosus (L.) N.Kilian & Greuter
General Appearance
Sonchus bulbosus (L.) N.Kilian & Greuter ̸ Homotypic Synonyms: Aetheorhiza bulbosa (L.) Cass., it is a tuberous geophyte, perennial rootstock offering long fibers ending in tubers, reaching and even exceeding the size of a hazelnut, and emitting slender, elongated stolons; simple and single-headed scape of 10-20 cm, erect, glabrous, glandular at the apex. Leaves all radical, glabrous, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, entire or toothed. Involucre with imbricate, lanceolate bracts. Flowers yellow. Achenes equaling about half the size of the pappus.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Tripoli 1972 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Research station (faculties of Agriculture ) 2017 Coastal of Tripoli 2020
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptis Magns 1974 (16 km) from Misurata 1975
Jabal Nafusa: Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course) 2022
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: El-Karsa 1968
Notes
Wild in Libya, growing in cultivated fields as a weed, maritime sands and dry, rocky ground.
Link of images: https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4384.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_aetheorhizabulbosa.php
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50426438-2. https://www.ipni.org/n/50426438-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000002301, https://www.gbif.org/species/3105649, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139376/sonchus-bulbosus-l-n-kilian-greuter, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4384.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_aetheorhizabulbosa.php, https://hoseito.com/producto/aetheorhiza-bulbosa-l-cass/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/AETBUL/, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetheorhiza_bulbosa
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. Page 392 – under: Aetheorhiza bulbosa (L.) Cass.
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
Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya.2022
Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC http://www.brc.amu.edu.pl, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131
Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. 2020
Nasif, M. A., Al-Ganoni, A. M., Knotch, O. M., Nafees. A. A. (2017) Survey of weeds in the research station of the Faculty of Agriculture-University of Tripoli. Libyan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, No. (1) Vol (22) p. (35-46). (In Arabic).
مسح الحشائش في محطة ابحاث كلية الزراعة – جامعة طرابلس. 2017
Mahklouf, M.H. &Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP(119-123) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310898871_Floristic_and_Inventory_Study_of_Mallaha_Wetland_Tripoli_-_Libya
Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. 2016.
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