General Appearance
Medicago turbinata (L.) All., it is an annual herb, pubescent, prostrate to ascending, up to 15-40 cm long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, dentate or ± laciniate, 5-10 x 2-4 mm. Leaflets (8-) 10-20(-30) x 6-15 (-20) mm, obovate, rhomboid, broadly elliptic to oblanceolate, dentate-serrulate, obtuse to apiculate; peduncles usually longer than petiole aristate at lip, with (1-) 3-8 (-10)-f1owered racemes. Flowers 5-8 mm long, orange-yellow. Calyx-teeth about as long as tube, hairy. Corolla exceeding the calyx; standard longer than wings and keel. Pods 6-12 (-15) mm high, 5-8 mm in diam., barrel-shaped to sub globular or ovoid, with 4-9 coils. Becoming very compact and indurated at maturity, glabrous to pilose, with dorsal surface flattish, rugose, spinose or unarmed (spines when present up to 5 mm long, spreading or erect, straight or bent), 1-2-seeded in each coil; radial veins terminating at broad veinless strip around the dorsal suture. Seeds 4-5 x 3 mm, reniform, pale-brown, smooth.
Flowering in: Mar-May.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Benghazi Plain: Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016
Jabal Nafusa: Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Susa 1967, 1973 Shahat 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Al-Baida, Gernada, Labraq, Shahat 2021 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2024
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506480-1
Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/species/2965461, https://floraionica.univie.ac.at/index.php?site=2&taxa_id=7889, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicago_turbinata
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506480-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/506480-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001055366, https://www.gbif.org/species/2965461, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147267/medicago-turbinata-l-all, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2931.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Medicago_turbinata.php, https://floraionica.univie.ac.at/index.php?site=2&taxa_id=7889, https://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-41540-synthese, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicago_turbinata
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Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 201.
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
Abusaief, H.M.A. & Boasoul, S.H. (2021) A taxonomic study of twelve wild forage species of Fabaceae. Heliyon 7 (2021) e06077
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A taxonomic study of twelve wild forage species of Fabaceae. 2021_compressed
Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The First Issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf, https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI
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El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf
Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 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).
El-Zerbi, A. K., Al-Borki, A. S., Al-Aib, M.A. (2016) Study of vegetation in Protected Al-Bedan southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-No. (2) Volume (2) December 2016. ISSN: 2413-5267(In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://journals.asmarya.edu.ly/jmset/index.php/JMSET/article/view/103, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371283472_drast_alghta_alnbaty_bmhmyt_albydan_jnwb_shrq_ajdabya_lybya
دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمحمية البيضان جنوب شرق اجدابيا- ليبيا. 2016
Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil
دراسة الفلورا والغطاء النباتي للمنطقة الشبه صحراوية الممتدة بين مدينتي سلوق والابيار . 2016
El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71
Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010
El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic).
El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya
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