General Appearance
Cleome paradoxa R.Br. ex DC., it is a tall shrubby, erect, annual to perennating herbs, up to 40-200 cm tall, glabrescent with (1-) 3-5-folinlate, long petioled bluish-green leaves; leaflets 5-10 cm long, narrowly lanceolate to linear, acute. Flowers 3-4 cm, across, bracteate, lemon-yellow with red veins. Petals 2 x 1-1.5 cm. Capsules 10-12 cm long, linear, many seeded.
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Tibesti area: Reported from Tibesti by Ozenda and Keith
Notes
Wild plant. I have not yet found a recent record of this species in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147225-1
Link of images: https://www.ksanature.com/plants/cleome_paradoxa/, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/WJPX
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147225-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/147225-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000611489, https://www.gbif.org/species/3871490, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/237926/coalisina-paradoxa-r-br-ex-dc-roalson-j-c-hall, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/cleome_paradoxa/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cleomaceae/coalisina-paradoxa
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Capparaceae Vol. (12) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 14.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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