Flora

Camphorosma monspeliaca L.

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: May-Jun

General Appearance

Camphorosma monspeliaca L., it is a subshrub, up to 10-50 cm tall, forming dense mat of lignescent branchlets on the soil surface, annual shoots branched in upper parts arising from the mat, whitish or white-tomentose with dense short and curly hairs. Leaves subulate, 3-10 mm long, somewhat rigid, straight or reflexed, with shortened branchlets in axils, covered with straight long hairs. Flowers solitary in bracteole axils, aggregated in dense and short spicate inflorescences. Perianth 3-3.5 mm, densely hairy with long hairs, or with short hairs and glabrous beneath, with two herbaceous lateral teeth, deflexed at fruits and two scarious short medial teeth. Seeds oval or oblong-oval, 1.5-1.75 mm long, brown or black-brown with scattered glandules.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT+ES. The native range of this species is Medit. to Mongolia and Pakistan.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Sabratah runis 1976

Benghazi Plain:

Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader area:

From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog 2019

Marmarica Plateau:

From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999

Al-Qibla area:

Wadi Nesma region 2009

Notes

Wild in Libya.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164614-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/164614-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000583032, https://www.gbif.org/species/6035827, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/131575/camphorosma-monspeliaca-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4036.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_camphorosma.php, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=46096&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Camphorosma+monspeliaca, http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Amaranthaceae/Camphorosma_monspeliaca.htm, https://agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Camphorosma_monspeliaca/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphorosmeae

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/fdl-allh-altlhy

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

Bahri, N.M. (2009) Study of the vegetation cover of Wadi Nesma region, northwest of Libya. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, College of Science, Sebha University, Libya. (In Arabic)

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)