Genista acanthoclada DC.

Common Name: Lihyat El Sheikh.
Family: Fabaceae

General Appearance

Genista acanthoclada DC., it is an erect, spiny shrub, up to 1 m tall, with opposite or sub opposite branches. Leaves 3-foliolate, sub sessile, leaflets 5-10 x 1-3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, adpressed pubescent. Flowers in short, terminal racemes borne towards the ends of spiny branches, bracteate, yellow, pedicels 1-2 mm long, bracteoles less than 1 mm. Calyx 2.5-5 mm long, sparsely sericeous, the lips almost equalling the tube. Standard 6-10 mm, shorter than the keel. Pods ovoid. c. 9 mm, acuminate, adpressed-hairy, 1-seeded.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Life Form

N.Ph

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is E. Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:  Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008   Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013  Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Razola, (20 km) from Tocra 1972  Al-Merj, c. (100 km) before Baida 1975   Wadi El-Aqar 1978  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Wadi Haboon 2015   Wadi El-Ager 2017  Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019, 2025

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol.  (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 29.

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

El-farse, M.H., Omar. N., Al-Zerbi, A.K., Alaib, M.A. El-Awamie, M.W., Bleiblo, F.A. (2024.) Floristic Diversity, Life-Form Composition, and Anthropogenic Pressures on The Vegetation of Wadi om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Northeastern Libya. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR). Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2024  ● Website: http://www.ijfmr.com,  https://www.ijfmr.com/papers/2024/6/33405.pdf,  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muftah-Elfarse-2

Floristic diversity of wadi om El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2024

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

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).

Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2017) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of  Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2

Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. compressed

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,IDOSI Publications,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-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. 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).

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 243 (1931).  https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 65 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s

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