Flora

Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv.

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv. / Infraspecific taxa: Neslia paniculata ssp. thracica (Velen.) Bornm. / Syn. Neslia apiculata Fisch, C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall., it is an annual herb, up to 60 cm tall, erect, branched above ± roughly hairy. Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-10 x 1-2 cm, narrowed into a stalk. Cauline leaves 10-80 x 3·15 mm, oblong-lanceolate to linear, sagittate, sessile, amplexicaul. Flowers c. 4 mm across, yellow, on racemes elongating up to 30 cm in fruit. Pedicels up to 15 mm long in fruit. Siliculae sub spherical-lentiform, e. 2 mm in diameter, distinctly apiculate after the style has fallen, glabrous; valves reticulated, distinctly 1-veined. Seed c. 1.5 mm in diameter.

Life Form

Phytochoria

S.Cosm. The native range of this species is Europe to Japan.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Kaleba 1975 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Shahat, (20 km) from Taknis 1973 Gebel Akhder 1975 S.AL-Marj 2011

Notes

Wild, usually a weed in cultivated areas, in the mountainous areas of Northern parts of Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287664-1

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_nesliapanicu.php, https://botany.cz/cs/neslia-paniculata/, http://agroatlas.ru/en/content/weeds/Neslia_paniculata/index.html, https://seedidguide.idseed.org/fact_sheets/neslia-paniculata/ , https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/neslia-paniculata-1.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287664-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/287664-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000380354, https://www.gbif.org/species/9040863, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/198484/neslia-paniculata-l-desv, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/142134/neslia-apiculata-fisch-al, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/neslia/paniculata/, https://seedidguide.idseed.org/fact_sheets/neslia-paniculata/. https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_nesliapanicu.php, https://botany.cz/cs/neslia-paniculata/, http://agroatlas.ru/en/content/weeds/Neslia_paniculata/index.html, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/neslia-paniculata-1.html

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 120-under Neslia apiculata Fisch, C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

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

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

FLORA AND VEGETATION ON SOUTH EL-MARJ ZONE SOUTH EL-JABAL EL-AKHADAR.2011

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 230 – under: Neslia paniculata auct. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica