Bupleurum semicompositum L.

Family: Apiaceae
Flowering Time: Mar-May

General Appearance

Bupleurum semicompositum L., it is an annual herb, erect or ascending, up to 30 (40) cm tall, glabrous-glaucous, dichotomously branched from base, loose tuft forming with angular or inconspicuously ridged stems. Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 10-30 (-60) x1-6 mm, acute or acuminate, 3 (-5)-nerved, lower shortly petiolate, upper sessile and serni-amplexicaute. Umbels (3-) 4-5 (-6)-rayed, on slender, angular, 0.5-1.5 cm long, unequal peduncles; rays filiform, very unequal, 0.5-15 mm long, angled. Bracts 4, linear-lanceolate, 3-12 x 0.5-1.5 mm, concave, prominently 3-nerved, opaque and herbaceous between the veinlets, scabridulous. Umbellules 4-7-flowered. Pedicels very unequal, up to c. 2 mm long. Bractlets mostly 5 narrowly linear-lanceolate, longer than umbellules, 2.5-8 x 1-1.5 mm, green, scabrid on veins and veinlets.  aristae, sub erect or palent in fruit. Petals oblong, yellowish or brownish-green. c.  0.3-0.4 mm long and broad, incurved at lip, inconspicuously papillose or not. Anthers suborbicular, yellow. Styles shorter than stylopodium. Fruit ovoid-sub globose, 1- 1.5 mm long and nearly as broad, dark brown; mericarps inconspicuously ribbed, irregularly while-pallid papillale.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit to Turkmenistan

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Tripoli 1967  Sabrath 2008   Sabratha region 2020   Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Al-Kararim 1968,1978  Leptus Megna 2004  Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006

Sirte Plains:

Tawargha 1975

Benghazi Plain:

(79 km) from Ajdabia to Benghazi 1978  Wadi El-Ghattara 2010  Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Jabal Nafusa:

Sharshara 1975  Tarhuna (Terghlat, Msabha) 2018   Tarhuna( Arabeen and Wlaad Hammad) 2018   Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020  Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Wadi Derna 1968  Wadi Zaza 2003  Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  Omm-Rezum 1968

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839390-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/839390-1,  https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000575804,  https://www.gbif.org/species/3636403,  https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154428/bupleurum-semicompositum-l,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1840.html,  https://herbarivirtual.uib.es/en/general/2/especie/bupleurum-semicompositum-l-,  https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_bupleurumsemi.php,   https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Bupleurum_semicompositum.php,    https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/bupleurum-semicompositum,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/BUPSEM/,  https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Umbelliferae/Bupleurum_semicompositum.htm, https://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Bupleurum_semicompositum,  https://syzygium.xyz/saplants/Apiaceae/Bupleurum/Bupleurum_semicompositum.html,  https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Bupleurum%20semicompositum%20L./data

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:

Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf,  http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm,    http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.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

Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://zenodo.org/records/3830169, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2s5EMysAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

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

Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364.

http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi , https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en,   https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic)

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-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-Komati, A. F. (2004) Medicinal plants in the Shapiat of Marqab, their distribution, classification and importance. Master Thesis. Biology Department- Faculty 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

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