Flora

Carrichtera annua (L.) DC.

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-May.

General Appearance

Carrichtera annua (L.) DC., it is an erect, branched annual herb, branching from the base. Leaves nearly glabrous, with long petioles, pinnatisect or bipinnatisect, with linear, obtuse segments. The raceme is very elongated in fruit and highly floriferous (up to 60 flowers or more). Flowers are pedicellate, petals, dull yellowish with violet veins or with creamy-white, with olive-green veins. Fruits are silicles with very few seeds (usually 3 per locule), possessing a concave, spoon-like face. Seeds are approximately 1.25 x 1 x 0.75 mm, mucilaginous, brown, and highly variable in shape, depending on their position within the locule and the pressure of neighboring seeds, but usually ±obovate. The surface is reticulate-foveolate.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+SA. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2008

Benghazi Plain: Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Ajdabia (Al-Jaledia)2017 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Jabal Nafusa: Gharian,Yefren 1967 Gebel Nefousa 1970 Wadi Melah, (10 km) from Nalut, Abughilan 1972 Gharian 1973 (1,5 km) from Yefren, Kaleba 1974 Gharian, Sharshara, Nalut-Ghadames 1975 Kabau 1976 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Wadi Kaam 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Messa, (5km) from Baida 1972 Tocra, Marawa 1973

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 Al-Makhili 2007 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

Ghadames area: Nalut-Ghadames 1975

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280826-1

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_carrichteraannua.php, https://botany.cz/cs/carrichtera-annua/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/carrichtera-annua, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=76

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280826-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/280826-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000588380, https://www.gbif.org/species/5375285, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141051/carrichtera-annua-l-dc, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=76, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/carrichtera-annua, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_carrichteraannua.php, https://botany.cz/cs/carrichtera-annua/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Carrichtera%20annua/Carrichtera%20annua.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CARANN/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501676

Bibliographic References

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Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 76.

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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

Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. 2021.-مضغوط

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

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Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

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

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

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://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha

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دراسة حول تنوع الغطاء النباتي بمحميتي البيضان والجليداية بمدينة اجدابيا. 2017

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

دراسة الفلورا والغطاء النباتي للمنطقة الشبه صحراوية الممتدة بين مدينتي سلوق والابيار . 2016

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).

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Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (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).

Attia Allah, Idris Hamad and Al-Fitouri, Mikael Youssef and Khaled, Salih Abdel-Razek (2007) Acclimatization of some halophytic and desert plant communities in eastern Jamahiriya. Al-Mukhtar Journal of Science – Issue – 16- 2007. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/adrys-hmd-tyt-allh-2249928962

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