Flora

Atriplex portulacoides L.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Jun-Jul

General Appearance

Atriplex portulacoides L. / Homotypic Synonyms: Halimione portulacoides (L.) Allen., it is a very whitish mealy small, straggling shrub to 80(-150) cm. Rhizome short, creeping. Stems decumbent, branches ascending, terete below, angled above. Lower leaves opposite, shortly (5-10 mm) petioled, elliptic, teeth 0; upper leaves linear, entire, obtuse or apiculate. Flowers very small, greenish, borne on a terminal panicle, composed of slender spikes, on which the flowers are arranged in small clusters, terminal and axillary compound spikes; partial dense. flowers unisexual, the male flower with 5 tepals, the female flower usually with 0 tepals, but 2 bracteoles enlarging and partly concealing the fruit. Bracteoles in fruit 3-5 mm long and rather broader, ob-deltoid, united 2/3 of the way from the base, usually 3 lobed, somewhat cartilaginous at the base, sessile.

Life Form

N.Ph

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Europe to Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Misurata 2006

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015, 2016

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Birccess 2011

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999

Notes

Wild in Libya.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164072-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/164072-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000556480, https://www.gbif.org/species/3083765, https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20560#null, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2518.html, https://botany.cz/cs/atriplex-portulacoides/, https://maltawildplants.com/AMAR/Atriplex_portulacoides.php, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/131674/halimione-portulacoides-l-aellen, http://ecoflora.org.uk/search_species2.php?plant_no=480070010, https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000003119, https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/atriplex/atriplex-portulacoides/,https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7692200/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/atrpor/, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Atriplex_portulacoides

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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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

Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf

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

Hegazyi, A.K., Boulos, L., Kabiel, H.F. and Sharashy, O.S. (2011) Vegetaion and species altitudinal distribution in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape, Libya. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1885-1898, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2

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)

Al-Habony MEE 1999. Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean Coast of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border. MSc. Thesis. Department of Botany. Faculty of Science. Benghazi University. Benghazi. Libya.