General Appearance
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. it is a perennial, glabrous herb with creeping rhizome. Stem 9-50 cm high. Spikelets elongated, sub cylindrical lanceolate or linear-lanceolate 6-15 mm long, many flowered. Rachis erect, glabrous, wingless. Glumes ovate-rounded or ovate-oblong. The lowest two sterile and shorter than the fertile glumes. Perianth bristles variable in number, 3-6. Stamens 3. Style slender, short with conical or ovoid flattened base. Stigmas 2, long papillose. Achene yellowish-brown, about 1̸2 the glume length, ovoid biconvex.
Flowering in: Mar-Des.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Labrag, Lamluda 1933 Baida, Gubba, Ain Mara 1934 Lamluda, Derna 1939 El-kouf area 1984 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1094314-2
Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=512141, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CYPR/Eleocharis_palustris.php, https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_palustris
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1094314-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/1094314-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000405590, https://www.gbif.org/species/2717002, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/36649/eleocharis-palustris-l-roem-schult, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CYPR/Eleocharis_palustris.php, https://botany.cz/cs/eleocharis-palustris/, https://florealpes.com/fiche_heleocharis.php, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=23992, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=512141, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ELEPAL/, https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_palustris
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. 31.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecmed_0153-8756_2003_num_29_2_1547, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout
Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003
ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.










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