Medicago murex Willd.

General Appearance

Medicago murex Willd., it is an annual herb, similar to the Medicago turbinata (L.) All., but Leaflets smaller, obcordate or obtriangular. Flowers bright-yellow, 4-5 mm long. Pods spherical 10 ellipsoids with strongly adpressed coil, coil surface with distinct sub marginal and marginal veins and 3-keeled at margin.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini

Jabal Nafusa: Reported from Gharian by Pampanini

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: El-kouf area 1984 Wadi El-Kouf 2016

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506297-1

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagomurex.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDMUR/, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/3YNMK

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506297-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506297-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213458, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/3YNMK, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147195/medicago-murex-willd, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4605.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_medicagomurex.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDMUR/

Bibliographic References

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. 203.

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

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aaib, M. A. (2016): Pastoral vegetation in Wadi Al-Kuf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya, Journal of Sciences and Human Studies – Al-Marj (electronic scientific journal, ISSN: 2312 – 4962 4102 / deposit number in the National Book House 482). (In Arabic).

الغطاء النباتي الرعوي بوادي الكوف بالجبل الأخضر ليبيا, 2016

ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 255 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica