Leontice leontopetalum L.

Common Name: Tursheg.
Family: Berberidaceae
Flowering Time: Feb-May.

General Appearance

Leontice leontopetalum L., it is a geophyte, rhizome tuberous. Stem erect, up to 10-80 cm. Leaves cauline as well as radical, bi to tripinnate, with irregular number of lobed leaflets; ultimate segments obovate, entire. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, mostly with 1-3 lateral branches arising from the axils of the upper leaves. Bracts conspicuous. Pedicels long, up to 6 cm (in fruits). Perianth segments 6, c. 8 mm long, petaloid, yellow; nectary scales 1-1.5 mm long. Fruit 25-40 mm, ovoid, inflated, with reticulate veins, eroding apically.

Life Form

G

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to W. & S. Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022

Benghazi Plain:  Benghazi 1922

Jabal Nafusa:  Jado 1930   Gebel Nafousa, (39 km) from Jado to Yefren 1970  El-Rayayna 1974  (16 km) before Rumia, between Josh and Ain Rumia 1975

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Shahat, Al gigab 1923

Marmarica Plateau:  Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107372-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/107372-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000361311,   https://www.gbif.org/species/7944367,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/132252/leontice-leontopetalum-l,   https://www.ksanature.com/plants/leontice_leontopetalum/,     https://www.cretanflora.com/leontice_leontopetalum.html,   https://botany.cz/cs/leontice-leontopetalum/   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/leoleo/,  https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Grece/Berberidaceae/Leontice%20leontopetalum/Leontice-leontopetalum.html,  https://www.mittelmeerflora.de/Zweikeim/Berberidaceae/leontice.htm,   https://eol.org/pages/5516078.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontice_leontopetalum

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S. M. H. (1976) Flora of Libya, Leonticacaceae Vol.  (3)  Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 6.

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

El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books

Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. 2022

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

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna Region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental Engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (In Arabic).

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