Cynara cyrenaica Maire & Weiller

Family: Asteraceae
Flowering Time: May-Jun.

General Appearance

Cynara cyrenaica Maire & Weiller, it is a perennial with moderately thickened root-stock, a roseate shape of leaves. The stem erect, up to 60 cm, arising from the center of the rosette of leaves, few branched, white-arachnoid-tomentose becoming glabrescent, branches monocephalic. Basal leaves up to 30 x 8 cm, pinnatisect, broadly lanceolate in outline, dark, shiny. glabrous-green on the upper surface and white arachnoid-tomentse on the under surface, petiole short, broad and ± sheathing at the base with margins shortly spinulose, rachis in the lower part narrow becoming broad and sheatinged towards the apex, primary lateral lobes broadly triangular-lanceolate, acute, pinnatifid, alternate to sub-opposite, with somewhat revolute margins, terminal lobule of the primary lobe ovate-triangular, entire or rarely sparsdy spinose-dentate, with 2-3 pairs of lateral spinulose lobules near the base, apex, with a sharp, pallid, up to 3 mm long spine, primary terminal lobe lanceolate, sometimes pinnalifid with spinulose lobules. Cauline leaves few, similar to the basal leaves but smaller and sessile. with broadly winged rachis. Capitula on ± naked peduncles, solitary, c. 2.5 cm (exclude. spines) in diam. Involucral bracts coriaceous. Outer most involucral bracts few in number, cobwebby tomentose, shortly spiny at the apex. Middle and inner involucral bracts broadly ovate, with canaliculated, reddish, somewhat spreading appendages which terminate in to sharp, long (c. 5 cm) spines. Inner most involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, hardly spinescent. Corolla violet. Cypsela 5·6 x 2.5 mm. compressed, indistinctly ribbed, pappus c. 13 mm. 

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Kriti, Libya.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Messa, Shahat 1972   El-Hamamah to Al-Biada 2003   Wadi (Valley)  Stowah region 2007  Gebel Akhder 2009  Wadi El-Kouf 2014   Wadi Derna 2017  From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019  Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020   Wadi Al-Kouf 2021  Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021

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:

Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442 / https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805

Mohamed, A.H., Mosallam, H.A., Sergwa, S.S., Gibreel, M.A. (2021) Impact of Edaphic Factors on Vegetation Composition in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Egypt. J. Bot., Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 191-201 (2021) https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_119404.html

Impact of Edaphic Factors on Vegetation Composition in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2021

Saleh, M. M., & Lachhab, S. R. (2020) Plant diversity in Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj city-Libya. Aref Journal for Human Studies- Issue (5) 2020, Pp. (3-65) Ajdabiya University-Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb,  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346554140_bhth_altnw_alnbaty_fy_mntqt_altnyn_shmal_ghrb_mdynt_almrj_lybya

التنوع النباتي في منطقة التنين شمال غرب مدينة المرج- ليبيا. 2020

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339238955_tsnyf_alghta_alnbaty_wtwzyh_aljghrafy_fy_almntqt_almmtdt_ma_byn_alhnyt_wwady_alzqzwq_shmala_hty_lstath_wbshtaya_jnwba_aljbl_alakhdr_shrq_lybya

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

El-Darier, S.M. & El-Mogaspi, F.M. (2009) Ethno botany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya). World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3): 353-360, 2009 ISSN 1817-3047, IDOSI Publications, 2009. http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas5(3)/16.pdf

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-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecmed_0153-8756_2003_num_29_2_1547,  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout

Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003

 

 

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