Biarum bovei Blume

Family: Araceae
Flowering Time: Nov-May.

General Appearance

Biarum bovei  Blume, it is a geophyte, green cormous herb, up to 30 cm tall; corm sub globular 4-6 cm in diam., rooting from top. Leaves small entire, 5-10 in number, appearing after flowers; blade elliptic-ovate 6-7 x 2.5 cm, equaling to slightly longer than spathe. Scapes 3.5-7 cm long, carrying ± tubular spathe 5-11 cm long, bottom with margins joined together c. 1/4 of the spathe length, spathe usually green outside and brownish inside. Spadix more or less equaling to slightly longer than spathe. Female flowers below, ovaries oblong, unilocular with very short style and capitate stigma. Male flowers usually above and separated from females by sterile zone. Fruit berries; seed obovate.  

Life Form

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Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Benghazi 1882,1884,1916  Benghazi-Ajdabia 1869

 

Notes

Wild in Libya?????

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/biabov/

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Araceae Vol. (41) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

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