Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson
General Appearance
Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson / Homotypic Synonyms: Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F.Muell. ex Benth. it is a nonnative herb, general exotic annual, erect to spreading stems 30 cm, rather coarse, grooved. Leaves; pinnately 3 or 4 times divided into linear-filiform segments, 3-8 cm. Flowers; petals 0.3-0.4 mm, white, often fading pink. Fruits; broadly ellipsoid to globose, 1.5-2 mm, mericarps each with 5 prominent narrow ribs.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain:
Tripoli 1982
Benghazi Plain:
Benghazi 1978
Notes
Introduced in Libya, weed flora, noxious weed in many areas.
Link of images:
https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=203, http://newmexicoflores.com/cyclospermum_leptophyllum.html, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3580, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=804
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840899-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/840899-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000632147, https://www.gbif.org/species/5371894, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/26870/cyclospermum-leptophyllum-pers-sprague-ex-britton-p-wilson, https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=203, http://www.eastafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=47&id=6935, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=804, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/6904459, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3580, http://newmexicoflores.com/cyclospermum_leptophyllum.html
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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