Flora

Lonicera etrusca Santi

Common Name: Jummet el Feta.

Family: Caprifoliaceae

Flowering Time: May-Jun.

General Appearance

Lonicera etrusca Santi, it is a shrub, woody twiner; young branches glabrous or glandular pubescent. Leaves sessile, ovate, elliptic, obovate to sub rotund, 2-7 x 1-4 cm, glabrous to glandular pubescent, entire, obtuse, base cuneate to cordate, upper pairs connate. Inflorescence a terminal head, 4-10-flowered, flowers bright buff yellow. Peduncle 2-4 cm. Bract c. 1.5-2.0 mm long. Calyx-teeth less than a mm long, topping the ovary. Corolla 3.5-4.5 cm long, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. Berries c. 6 mm in diameter, red.

Life Form

Li.

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is S. Central Europe to Medit. and W. Caucasus.,

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Sarage pr, Kubbe 1887 Wadi Smbar, Cirene 1922 Tometa, Wadi Bu Msceifa 1933 Wadi El-Kouf, Lamluda 1933 Slonta 1934 Ain Messa, Derna 1938 Wadi Derna 1939 Ras Al-Hilal 1961 Wadi Qala’a above Ras Hilal 1970 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wad El-Kouf 2011, 2014 Sidi Al-Hamri, Balghara 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021

Notes

Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148750-1

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lonicera-etrusca, https://dryades.units.it/valerio/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=5157&num=2532, http://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Lonicera_etrusca, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=505157

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148750-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/148750-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000359841, https://www.gbif.org/species/5334247, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/133336/lonicera-etrusca-santi, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/caprifoliaceae/lonicera-etrusca https://www.ksanature.com/plants/lonicera_etrusca/, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lonicera-etrusca, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=505157 https://dryades.units.it/valerio/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=5157&num=2532, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LONETR/, http://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Lonicera_etrusca

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Caprifoliaceae Vol. (24) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 5.

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

Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442, https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805

Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2021

Mohamed, A.H., Mosallam, H.A., Sergwa, S.S., Gibreel, M.A. (2021) Impact of Edaphic Factors on Vegetation Composition in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Egypt. J. Bot., Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 191-201 (2021) https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_119404.html

Impact of Edaphic Factors on Vegetation Composition in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2021

Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2

الغطاء النباتي في منطقة عين مارة بمنطقة الجبل الاخضر2020

El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

Abusaief, H.M.A. & Alwishish, F.M. (2017) Survey of endangered plants and description the seeds in some sites at Al-JabalAl-Akhdar of Libya. Curr. Sci. Int., 6 (3): 511-539, 2017 ISSN 2077-4435. http://www.curresweb.com/csi/csi/2017/511-539.pdf

Survey of endangered plants at Al-Jabal – Al-Akhdar of Libya 2017_compressed

Mukassabi, T.A., Thomas, P.A., ELMogasapi, A. (2017) Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya: existence and extinction. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 10/2 (2017) 183-192. https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4064/

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

Hegazyi, A.K., Boulos, L., Kabiel, H.F. and Sharashy, O.S. (2011) Vegetaion and species altitudinal distribution in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape, Libya. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1885-1898, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hanan_Kabiel/publication/249011161_Vegetation_and_species_altitudinal_distribution_in_Al-Jabal_Al-Akhdar_landscape_Libya/links/58171d7c08ae90acb24128b9.pdf

VEGETATION AND SPECIES ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION IN AL-JABAL AL-AKHDAR. 2011

Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).