Flora

Phonus mareoticus (Delile) G. López

Family: Asteraceae

General Appearance

Phonus mareoticus (Delile) G.López ̸ Homotypic Synonyms: Carduncellus mareoticus (Delile) Hanelt, Carthamus mareoticus Delile, it is a small, more or less frutescent perennial plant with narrow, few, short spined leaves. Capitula numerous, 15-20 mm long, pale-yellow. Supplementary involueral bracts twice as long as the florets.

Life Form

Phytochoria

The native range of this species is Libya to Egypt

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Misurata 2008

Marmarica Plateau: Reported from Bomba to Kos Hgazela, Tobruk by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/83233.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962338-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/962338-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000023441, https://www.gbif.org/species/3138252, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/136524/carthamus-mareoticus-delile, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/83233.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. Page. 315 – under: Carduncellus mareoticus (Delile) Hanelt

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008).

JEFFREY, C. (1979). Compositae in L. BOULOS (ed.) – A check-list of the Libyan flora. 3. Compositae. – Candollea 34: 317 – under: Carduncellus mareoticus (Delile) Hanelt https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/volumes?UID=can-002

Prodr. Fl. Ciren. : 466 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

Fl. Liby. Prodr. : 145 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s