Flora

Lepidium aucheri Boiss.

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-May.

General Appearance

Lepidium aucheri Boiss., it is an annual herbaceous plant, branching from the base, spreading to slightly ascending, extending to a length of (15-30 cm). The basal leaves are pinkish-white, almost sessile, oblong, reaching (7 cm) in length, and are toothed to shallowly lobed, sometimes deeply lobed to compound. The upper leaves are sessile and small. The flowers are white, (0.2 cm) wide, arranged in an indeterminate inflorescence at the tips of the branches. The fruit is short (0.4 cm) in length, ovoid, with a winged apex.

Life Form

Phytochoria

IT+SA+MED. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Marmarica Plateau: Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2004

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286051-1

Link of images: https://www.floraofqatar.com/lepidium_aucheri.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lepauc/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286051-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/286051-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000358559, https://www.gbif.org/species/5376698, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141822/lepidium-aucheri-boiss, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/lepidium_aucheri/, https://www.floraofqatar.com/lepidium_aucheri.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lepauc/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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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

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

Le Houerou H.N. (2004) Plant diversity in Marmarica (Libya and Egypt). A catalogue of the vascular plants reported with their biology, distribution, frequency, usage, economic potential, habitat, and main ecological features, with an extensive bibliography. Candollea. 59:259–308. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/HN-le-Houerou-62785096