Flora

Ammoides pusilla (Brot.) Breistr.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-Jul.

General Appearance

Ammoides pusilla (Brot.) Breistr., it is an annual, erect, slender, 10-50 cm tall, glabrous, well branched herb with obscurely angled stems. Leaves dimorphic, glaucescent, the lowest rind the oldest ones oblong, 20-30 x 3-5 mm, bipinnatiseet into 7-11 pairs of pseudo-verticillate oblong primary lobes with filiform, mucronate ultimate segments; the middle with 3-5 and uppermost with 2-3, filiform, up to 1cm long, mucronate ultimate segment. Umbels 5-15 (-20), rayed, on 2-5 cm long, glabrous, angular, leaf-opposed peduncles; rays unequal, slender, 1-2.5 cm long, Bracts absent or few and caduceus. Umbellules 10-20-flowered. Pedicels filiform, unequal, 1-2 mm long at anthesis, slightly elongated in fruit. Bracteoles dimorphic, some linear-lanceolate. others narrowly spathulate, 4-6 mm long, acuminate at the tip. Petals broadly oblong, c. 0.4-0.5 mm long and broad, strongly inflexed with emarginate apex, white. Styles reflexed, as long as or shorter than the conical stylopodium. Fruit ovoid, c. 1 x 0.8 mm, blackish-brown; mericarps with conspicuous. filiform ribs.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Gamins-Benghazi road 1968 (40 km) from Benghazi, Dariana 1972 (79 km) from Ajdabia to Benghazi 1978 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Shahat to Faidia, Soltan to Mrawa 1970 Zawiat Al-Gasur, (20 km ) from Taknes 1972 (16 km) from Al-Fidia to Taknes 1976 El-Ghareeb, Wadi El-Agar, Ras El-Hilal 1978 (4 km) from Ras El-Hilal to Derna 1979 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Derna 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ammoidespusi.php, https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Ammoides_pusilla.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/ammoides-pusilla

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:837507-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/837507-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000531207, https://www.gbif.org/species/6026523, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154254/ammoides-pusilla-brot-breistr, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1574.html, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/ammoides-pusilla, https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Ammoides_pusilla.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ammoidespusi.php

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

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

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

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

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