General Appearance
Cytinus hypocistis (L.) L.., it is a holoparasite, perennial plant, the stems simple cylindrical, many up to 4-11 cm high, rarely long, erect. Leaves scaly, ovoid to ovulate obtuse, almost entire up to 1 cm long, yellow to orange colour, Bracteoles 2. Flowers monoecious, 5-10 in each spike-head. ± sessile, each subtended by 2 bracteoles of the same colour of leaves. Perianth white-yellowish with 4 erect, ovate-oblong lobes. Stamens 8; anthers sessile on the central column. Ovary inferior 1-4 carpcllate, ovules many; style 1, stigma grooved, capitate. Fruits small berry with many minute, endospermie seeds.
Flowering in: Mar-Jun.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Reported from Wadi Derna, Gubba by Pampanini Ras El-Hilal 1979 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021
Notes
Wild in Libya, a species commonly parasitism on root of Cistus ssp.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316032-1
Link of images: https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/cytinus-hypocistis/?lang=en, https://botany.cz/cs/cytinus-hypocistis/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Rhodes/Cytinaceae/Cytinus%20hypocistis/Cytinus-hypocistis.html, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Cytinus_hypocistis0.jpg
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316032-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/316032-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000636331, https://www.gbif.org/species/7279691, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/151759/cytinus-hypocistis-l-l, https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/cytinus-hypocistis/?lang=en, https://botany.cz/cs/cytinus-hypocistis/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Rhodes/Cytinaceae/Cytinus%20hypocistis/Cytinus-hypocistis.html, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Cytinus_hypocistis0.jpg
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Rafflesiaceae Vol. (71) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 3.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
El-Mokasabi, F. M., Askar, A. M., Hassan, S. A. Al-Darawi, M., Al-Bakoush, A. M. (2021) A preliminary survey of the parasitic plants on wild plants in the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. A special issue of the Fifth Annual Conference on Theories and Applications of Basic and Life Sciences. (4) September 2021. Faculty f Science-University of Misurata. (In Arabic) https://www.misuratau.edu.ly/journal/sci/paperS.php?id=1642&ed_id=305
حصر أولي للنباتات الطفيلية المتطفلة على النباتات البرية بمنطقة الجبل الاخضر 2021
El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292919013_Checklist_of_the_Flora_of_Wadi_Haboonat_AI_Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya
Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboonat AI Jabal AI Akhdar. 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
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).



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