Flora

Allium desertorum Forssk.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-May

General Appearance

Allium desertorum Forssk., it is a bulbous geophyte, a small bulb-forming; flowers are white with purple midveins along the tepals.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is Jordan to Egypt.

Distribution in Libya

Marmarica Plateau:

Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2004

Notes

Wild in Libya.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527939-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/527939-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000756106, https://www.gbif.org/species/2857492, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/155832/allium-desertorum-forssk, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/63777.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/alldes/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_desertorum

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

Le Houerou H.N. (2004) Plant diversity in Marmarica (Libya and Egypt). A catalogue of the vascular plants reported with their biology, distribution, frequency, usage, economic potential, habitat, and main ecological features, with an extensive bibliography. Candollea. 59:259–308. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/HN-le-Houerou-62785096