General Appearance
Cyperus capitatus Vand. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Cyperus kalli (Forssk.) Murb., it is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte, roots lanate, rhizomes long, thick, with broad scales; stems 10-50 cm, solitary. Leaves 1-6 mm wide, with revolute margins. Bracts 3-6, with revolute margins, conspicuously dilated and often reddish at the base, exceeding the inflorescence. Inflorescence a dense, sessile, hemispherical to globose head. Spikelets 8-20 x 3-4 mm, lanceolate, with 8-12 flowers, patent. Rhachilla not winged. Glumes 5-8 x 2.5-4 mm, broadly lanceolate or ovate, obtuse but with a rigid mucro 1-3 mm, reddish or purplish, but yellowish-green in apical half, with a wide hyaline margin. Stamens 3. Nut c. 2/5 as long as glumes, brownish-yellow.
Flowering in: Apr-Sep.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Judayem 1974
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptis Magna 1975 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 Leptus Magna 2017 Zliten coast 2022
Sirte Plains: Wadi Jarif, (20 km) W. of Sirte, near sea shore 1978 Sirte 2015, 2016
Benghazi Plain: Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi El-Kouf 2014
Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304048-1
Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Cyperaceae/Cyperus%20capitatus/Cyperus%20capitatus.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_cyperuscapitatus.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CYPR/Cyperus_capitatus.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=508080, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cyperaceae/cyperus-capitatus https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/cyperus-capitatus
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304048-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/304048-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000369295, https://www.gbif.org/species/2714938, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/37930/cyperus-capitatus-vand, https://atlas-sahara.org/Cyperaceae/Cyperus%20capitatus/Cyperus%20capitatus.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CYPR/Cyperus_capitatus.php, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cyperaceae/cyperus-capitatus, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_cyperuscapitatus.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=508080, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/cyperus-capitatus, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CYPCAP/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_capitatus
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 20 – under: Cyperus kalli (Forssk.) Murb.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2023) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research, (ISSN: 0719-3726), 11(X), 2023. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah
Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area. 2023
El-karnawdy, F.O.M., Abogmiza, A.F.M., Alsouyid, H.M.M., Ajaj. K.A.K. (2022) Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast, Libya. 5th International African conference on current studies. February 2-5, 2022 Cairo, Egypt.
Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast. 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
Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha
التعرف على الانواع النباتية لمناطق وادي كعام وحصرها وتحديد أشكال نموها. 2017 .
Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf
Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015
El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf
Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014
Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic).
Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).
El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (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).
EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).
PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 141 – under: Cyperus aegyptiacus Gloxin https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica















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