Crassula alata (Viv.) A.Berger

General Appearance

Crassula alata (Viv.) A. Berger, it is an annual with erect stems to 5 cm long, little branched; leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 1.5-3 x 0.5-0.8 mm, green to reddish-brown. Inflorescence 1, with sessile dichasia in the axils of leaf-like bracts, pedicels absent, flowers 3-merous, calyx lobes oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm long, fleshy, green to red. Corolla cup-shaped, off-white often tinged red; lobes triangular, 0.7-1 mm long, usually cuspidate, erect; nectary scales oblong-cuneate to almost square, rounded, slightly broadened at the apex, membranous, pale-yellow; ovaries almost conical, at first gradually later abruptly constricted into short styles, with 2 ovules.

Life Form

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Phytochoria

MED+IT+SZ. The native range of this species is Medit. to China (NW. Yunnan), Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Wadi Errabea near Bir el Alam, (30 km) S.E. of Tripoli above Ain zara 1979

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Kaam area 2005

Jabal Nafusa: Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105654-3

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=508328, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CRAALA/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105654-3, https://www.ipni.org/n/105654-3, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000624768, https://www.gbif.org/species/5688378, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140241/crassula-alata-viv-a-berger, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=508328, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CRAALA/, https://worldofsucculents.com/crassula-alata-three-part-crassula/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1981) Flora of Libya, Crassulaceae Vol. (87) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 3.

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

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

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

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).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 238 – under: Tillaea trichopoda Fenzl ex Boiss. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica