Flora

Crepis libyca (Pamp.) Babc.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Crepis libyca (Pamp.) Babc. / Syn. Crepis lybica (Pamp.) Shabet., it is a perennial, very much like Crepis vesicaria L., but basal leaves in a large rosette, glabrous or pubescent, lyrate cleft. Cauline leaves numerous, clasping the stem. Capitula 1-3 on each branch on long, ± stout peduncles. Involucral up to 13 x 8 mm; hairy pubescent. Outer involucral bracts ovate-lanceolate, with ± broad scarious margins. Inner involucral bracts 13-18, remaining erect in fruiting, with stout, dark coloured glochide hairs in the median row. Cypsela up to 13 mm (include. beak). all beaked, brown, to ribbed; ribs minutely spiculate; beak as long as or twice as long as the body of the cypsela, pappus persistent.

Life Form

Phytochoria

Near endemic ????, The native range of this species is Libya to NW. Egypt.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Sabratha 2019

Benghazi Plain:

Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa:

2 km) before Gharian 1973 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Reported from Derna by Pampanini Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi Al-Agar 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/species/5403437

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77181732-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77181732-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000057495, https://www.gbif.org/species/5403437, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137254/crepis-libyca-pamp-shab

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

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://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

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

Saed, Z.H. S., Abohbell, H.A., Mahklouf, M. H. (2019) Floristic Analysis of the Family Asteraceae in Sabratha city- Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches 2019; 7(1): 18-25 Published online January, 2019.

Floristic Analysis of the Family Asteraceae in Sabratha city- Libya. 2019

Al-Aib, M.A., El- Sherif, M., Al-Hamedi, R.I. (2017) Floristic and ecological investigation of Wadi Al-Agar in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya, Science & its applications 5:1 (2017) 57-61. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib

Floristic and ecological investigation of Wadi Al-Agar in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar. 2017-مضغوط

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).

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

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

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).

Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis 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).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 485 – under: Crepis taraxacifolia var. libyca Pamp. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 486 – under: Crepis taraxacifolia var. spathulata auct. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica