Flora

Bunium fontanesii (Pers.) Mair

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-May

General Appearance

Bunium fontanesii (Pers.) Mair, it is a perennial or biennial with a tuberous, ± globose rootstock, up to 30(-40) cm tall, ± dichotomously branched. Leaves 3-ternate: basal leaves long petioled, sheathing at base, cauline 2-ternate, with linear to linear-lanceolate, mucronate ultimate segments. Bracts and bracteoles 6-9, persistent. Rays 6-9: slender: sepals minute, petals white or cream-coloured, ± orbicular, emarginate with incurved apices. Pedicels up to c. 7 mm long, slender, not thickened in fruit. Fruits oblong-elliptic, c. twice as long as broad, glabrous, with prominent ridges with 1 oil ducts in between; carpophore, somewhat thickened, undivided: stylopodium short, conical, with denexed longer styles.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is Morocco to NW. Libya

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Wadi Kaam (Estuary) 2022

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Msallata, Tarhuna and Gharian by Pampanini (22 km) West Al-Khoms 1967 Rumia, (15 km) from Yefren, (5 km) after Asaba, El-Neggaza 1974 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images:

https://efloramaghreb.org/specie/154339, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Talghouda-B-fontanesii-1-https-wwwflickrcom-photos-20945389N00-156565744-2_fig6_369879254

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:838924-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/838924-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000574876, https://www.gbif.org/species/3641559, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154339/bunium-fontanesii-pers-maire, https://efloramaghreb.org/specie/154339, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Talghouda-B-fontanesii-1-https-wwwflickrcom-photos-20945389N00-156565744-2_fig6_369879254, https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/20220299931

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) 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

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

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

Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://journals.asmarya.edu.ly/jmset/index.php/JMSET/article/view/95 , https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

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)

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)