Flora

Atriplex lindleyi Moq.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-May / Sept-Des

General Appearance

Atriplex lindleyi Moq. / Infraspecific: Atriplex lindleyi ssp. inflata (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson / Homotypic Synonyms: Blackiella inflate (F. Muell.)Aell, it is an annual or perennial herb producing brittle, scaly whitish stems erect or spreading to lengths between 10 and 40 cm. Leaves are greenish white, scaly, and often toothed along the edges. They are widely lance-shaped to diamond in shape and up to 3 or 4 cm long. Male flowers are located in leaf axils or in spikelike inflorescences. Female flowers are generally held in small clusters below the male clusters in the leaf axils. The female inflorescence has spongy bracteoles up to 1-cm long and inflated around the flowers. Seed: of 2 kinds; 1 mm, black; or 1.5 mm, red-brown.

Life Form

Phytochoria

The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Australia.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Ras-ejadir,Libyan-Tunisian border 1977 Coastal of Tripoli 2020

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Kaam area 2005

Sirte Plains:

End of Tawargha to Wadi Sofigin 1978 Sirte 2015

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Wadi Al-Agar 1999

Notes

Introduced in Libya, medicinal plant.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163927-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/163927-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/3083793, https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=990,https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/129185/atriplex-lindleyi-moq, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=880670&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=15231, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ATRLIN/, https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=990, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/scotia/key/Plants%20and%20Fungi%20of%20south%20western%20NSW/Media/Html/Atriplex_lindleyi.htm , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atriplex_lindleyi

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC http://www.brc.amu.edu.pl, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

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)

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)