Flora

Asparagus albus L.

Common Name: Sakkoom.

Family: Asparagaceae

Flowering Time: Jul-Oct.

General Appearance

Asparagus albus L., it is a perennial, bushy plant with short underground rhizome; aerial branches up to 100 cm long, smooth, lower part glabrous and white in colour when young; upper part denticulate; spines c. 4 mm long; cladophylls fasciculate, linear or thread-like, soft, green, sub equal, c, 6-7 mm long; each fascicle contains 8-30 c1adophylls. Leaves reduced to membranous, brownish scales, ± triangular-lanceolate. 5-10 mm long. Flowers usually in fascicles of 6-12. Pedicels short c. 4-6 mm, as long as peduncle. Perianth whitish, stellate tepals unnerved, equal, 4 mm long, oblong, connate at base and forming a short tube. Stamens sub equal, shorter than tepals; filaments entire; anthers ± cordate, medifixed, violet-reddish in colour. Ovary sub globular with short style and 3-brnnched stigma. Fruit a spherical reddish berry, c. 5 mm in diameter.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit,

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Khoms (Margb area) by Pampanini

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Ain Mara 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya, in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2018.

Link of images: https://flora-on.pt/#/0q5gh, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asparagaceae/asparagus-albus,

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531000-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/531000-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000631375, https://www.gbif.org/species/2769019, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156276/asparagus-albus-l, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176528/21326698, https://flora-on.pt/#/0q5gh, https://floraofgibraltar.myspecies.info/monocots/asparagus-albus-l, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asparagaceae/asparagus-albus, https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Asparagus_albus.htm, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Asparagus+albus, https://eol.org/pages/987595, https://www.asturnatura.com/especie/asparagus-albus

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

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

Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2

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-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).