General Appearance
Lonicera nummulariifolia Jaub. & Spach , it is an erect shrub, up to 9 mm tall, branches puberulent or glandular-hairy. Leaves opposite; petiole 1.5-3.5 mm long, hairy; lamina ovate, ovate-lanceolate to suborbicular, 1.5-5 x 0.7-3.5 cm, obtuse to mucronate, sparsely pubescent to villous, hairs eglandular. Inflorescence axillary, 2-flowered; peduncle 1-3 mm; bract c. 1 mm, linear-lanceolate. Bracteoles c. 1 mm long. Corolla pale cream to yellow, 10-20 mm long, pubescent; limb approximately twice the length of the tube. Berries paired, simple, blackish when dry.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Cirene, Lamluda 1933 Baida 1934 Baida 1967 Shahat old city, Sidi Al-Hamri, Balghara 2017
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148967-1
Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/45718.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lonarb/, https://www.cretanflora.com/Lonicera%20nummulariifolia.html
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148967-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/148967-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000359676, https://www.gbif.org/species/7272754, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/133345/lonicera-nummulariifolia-jaub-spach, https://www.cretanflora.com/Lonicera%20nummulariifolia.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/45718.html, https://florasyria.com/ar/flower.php?id_spies=2007, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lonarb/, https://www.florafauna.life/flora-lebanon/lonicera-nummulariifolia
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. 6.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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
PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 424 – under: Lonicera persica Jaub. & Spach https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica
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