Flora

Anvillea garcinii (Burm.f.) DC.

Common Name: Nogud.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Apr.

General Appearance

Anvillea garcinii (Burm.f.) DC., it is a subshrub woody, up to c. (30-) 50-60 cm tall. dichotomously branched, hoary or glabrescent. Leaves (9-) 12-20 (-25) x 2-4 (-6) mm, obovate or oblongo-cuneate, base attenuate into a narrow petiole, pinnati-toothed to pinnatifid, densely hairy; hairs adpressed. Capitula 25-30 mm (including ray floret) or 10-13 (·15) mm (when ray florets absent) in diameter, yellow or golden yellow. Receptacle cup-like; involucre 15-20 mm long; basal parts of involucral bracts fused and closely invested round the receptacle; free parts of the 3 outer rows of the involucraI bracts (10) 13-15 (.20) mm, erecto-patent, herbaceo-foliaceous, obovate-spathulate, pinnatilobed; free parts of the inner rows of involucral bracts (6-) 8-10 mm, ovate-oblong, acute. Palea 5.5-6 mm (exclude, terminal appendage) coriaceous, boat-like basal part closely investing the floret, midnerve strongly keeled at the back, apex drawn into a long (4.5-5 mm), narrowly lanceolate, setaceous appendage. Ray florets (when present) neutral, 13-15 x 3.25 mm, narrowly lanceolate, 2-loothed; ovary 1.75 mm, 3-gonous, adaxial face flattened, margins near the apex with few glandular hairs style and stigma absent. Disc florets hermaphrodite; corolla 6.5-7 5 mm, tubular; tube gradually widening upwards, 5-lobed; lobes 0.25-0.5 mm, ovate, acute; ovary 1.5-2.0 mm, 5-angled, many ribbed, angles hairy, hairs glandular; pappus absent.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA+IT. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Between Misurata to Sirte 1939 Misurata 2006

Sirte Plains:

Between Misurata to Sirte 1939 (46 km) from Al-Buaiyrat, desert btween Ajdabia & Wadi Faragh 1939 Gulf of Sirte, (5 km) S. of Bugrain 1970

Benghazi Plain:

Saumnu a nord-est di Ajdabia 1934

Jabal Nafusa:

(16 km) before Rumia, between Josh & Rumia 1975 (15 km) from Kaleba to Mizda 1974,1977 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Qibla area:

Wadi Merdum, Beni-Ulid 1958 Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Ghadames area:

(20 km) E.Gadames 1958

Al-Jufra area:

(100 km) from north Hun, (98 km) from Hun to Sebha, Wadi Soda 1973 Gar al Tifarni, (23 km) from Weshka 1975 Between Hun & Bugrain 1976 Al-Jufra region 2020

Ghat area :

Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

Notes

Wild in Libya, in dray sandy ground or sandy Hamada, medicinal plant.

Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/47637.html https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ANVGAR/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:177721-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/177721-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000118603, https://www.gbif.org/species/3090895, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/129033/anvillea-garcinii-burm-f-dc, http://plants.nature4stock.com/?page_id=4382, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/47637.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ANVGAR/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

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://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Khalifa, S.M. & Bader, B.M. (2020) Floristic analysis of the family Asteraceae in Al-Jufra region, Libya. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies-2020- Vol. 8, Issue 6, Part A. https://www.plantsjournal.com/archives/?year=2020&vol=8&issue=6&part=A&ArticleId=1223, https://www.plantsjournal.com/archives/2020/vol8issue6/PartA/8-6-2-621.pdf

Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).

Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799

Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic).

Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).