General Appearance
Atractylis cancellata L., it is a slender annual. Stems up to 3-30 cm, white-lanate or appressed cobwebby, sometimes purplish-glabrescent in the young parts, simple or branched from the base. Leaves greenish, arachnoid-pubescent. Basal leaves up to 50 x8 mm, oblanceolate, oblong obovate or spathulate, dentate, shortly spiny. Cauline leaves up to 30 x 6 mm. linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate, coriaceous, dentate, spiny. Capitula solitary, ovate or sub-globose, discoid, (5-) 15-20 mm long and (5-) 15-20 mm in dim, (excl. suppl. involucral bracts). Supplementary involueral bracts 1 (-2)-rowed, erect, (7-) 15-24 mm long, pectinato-pinnatipartite with lobes pinnatifid- spinescent, and with apicular-subulate, excurrent rachis; spines whitish or yellowish brown when young often turning deep violaceous after anthaesis. Outermost involucral bracts 4 x 2 mm, ovate, lanate at the back, broad, scarious hyaline margined and apex obtuse apiculate; apiculum up to 1 mm long. Involucral bract of the 2nd row 5.5 x 2 mm, ovate-oblong, lanate at the back, broadly scarious hyaline margined, obtuse and abruptly apiculate; apiculum up to 1 mm. Involucral bract of the 3rd row 6-6.5 mm, broadly lanceolate, lanate at the back below the apex, broadly scarious hyaline margined; occasionally margined somewhat purplish-below the apex; apex obtuse and abruptly apiculate. Involucral bract of the 4th row 9-9.5 x 2.5 mm, lanceolate, lanate below the apex, broadly scarious hyaline margined, (except near the apex purplish); apex obtuse, abruptly apiculate; apiculum c. 1-1.25 mm. Involucral bract of the 5th row 10 x 2 mm, lanceolate, lanate in the upper half at the midrib, broadly scarious, hyaline margined, acute, gradually tapered above into a soft, c. 1 mm long apiculum. Innermost involucral bracts 10-11 x 0.75-1 mm, linear, ovate, scarious, glabrous, sharply acuto-acuminatc; margin distantly cmolate. Floret purple. Cypsela 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm; pappus 8-10 mm, white, slightly exserted from the involucre when ripe.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain:
Sabrath 2008
Zliten-Misurata Plain:
Kaam area 2005
Benghazi Plain:
Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021
Jabal Nafusa:
(22 km) W.of Khoms 1967,1969 El-Naggaza 1974 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Abughilan 2016 Tarhuna (Arabeen, Hejaz) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 Wadi Kaam (Main course) 2022
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:
Gasr-Libya 1978 El-kouf area 1984 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Wadi Haboon 2015 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog 2019
Marmarica Plateau:
Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182905-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/182905-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000046461, https://www.gbif.org/species/5398279, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/136081/atractylis-cancellata-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4025.html, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/atractylis-cancellata, https://botany.cz/cs/atractylis-cancellata/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ATRCAN/, https://maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Atractylis_cancellata.php, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/atractylis-cancellata, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/atractylis_cancellate/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_atraccanc.php, https://atlas-sahara.org/Asteraceae/Atractylis%20cancellata/Atractylis%20cancellata.html?cat=Asteraceae, https://eol.org/pages/6263953, https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/especie/F01477
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:
Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357516127_Vegetation_analysis_of_Wadi_Kaam_at_northwest_Libya, https://jbes.journals.ekb.eg/article_372060_558ee8095e2cf97881a8a3cc705aa126.pdf
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
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
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
Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya
Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb
Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html
Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2
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
Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).
EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf
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-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic).
Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).
Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).
El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).
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).
ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.
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