Flora

Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-May

General Appearance

Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem., it is an erect annual herb, up to (5-) 10-40 (-60) cm tall, divaricately branched, with terete, striate erect-patent to ascending shoots. Leaves dimorphic; basal sessile, oblong lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3-8 x0.3-1 cm, long, acuminate, 5-9-nerved, narrowed at base, withering before flowering; upper cauline leaves perfoliale, narrowly ovate to ovate-oblong or broadly lanceolate. (1.5-) 2.5-10 x (0.5·) 1-2.5 cm, gradually acuminate. Umbels (1-) 2-3 (-5-)-rayed. on terminal and axillary, 1-3 cm long peduncles; rays unequal, 4-10 (-15) mm long. Bracts absent; umbellules 6-16-flowered. Pedicels c, 1 mm long, thickened in fruit. Bractlets 5, rarely 6-9, pale-green broadly ovate to orbiculate, 2.5-10 (-13) x2-8 mm, shortly connate the base, 5-7-ncrved, mucronate, patent. Petals ovate-oblong, c. 0.4 mm long and nearly as broad, truncate or shallowly notched at apex. Anthers sub orbiculate, yellow. Styles minute, patent, shorter than the flattish stylopodium. Fruit ovoid-oblong. 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, dark brown: mericarps prominently 5-ribbcd with sharp rib edges, irregularly tuberculate in furrows.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, S. Spain, N. Africa to Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Kaam area 2005

Benghazi Plain:

Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Jabal Nafusa:

Sharshara 1975 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Wadi Derna 1968 Gasr Libya, Wadi El-Kouf, (16 km) from Fiddia to Taknes 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi Haboon 2015 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Wadi Derna 2017

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/bupleurum-lancifolium, https://www.maltawildplants.com/APIA/Bupleurum_lancifolium.php, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Bupleurum+lancifolium

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839229-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/839229-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000575482, https://www.gbif.org/species/3034557, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154387/bupleurum-lancifolium-hornem, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/BUPLAN/, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/bupleurum/lancifolium/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Grece/Apiaceae/Bupleurum%20lancifolium/Bupleurum-lancifolium.html, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Bupleurum+lancifolium, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/bupleurum-lancifolium, https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Bupleurum%20lancifolium%20Hornem./data, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bupleurum_lancifolium

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:

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

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

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

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

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf

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)

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-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

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)

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (in Arabic)