Cyperus capitatus Vand.

Common Name: Saad.
Family: Cyperaceae

General Appearance

Cyperus capitatus Vand. / Heterotypic Synonyms:  Cyperus kalli (Forssk.) Murb., it is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte, roots lanate, rhizomes long, thick, with broad scales; stems 10-50 cm, solitary. Leaves 1-6 mm wide, with revolute margins. Bracts 3-6, with revolute margins, conspicuously dilated and often reddish at the base, exceeding the inflorescence. Inflorescence a dense, sessile, hemispherical to globose head. Spikelets 8-20 x 3-4 mm, lanceolate, with 8-12 flowers, patent. Rhachilla not winged. Glumes 5-8 x 2.5-4 mm, broadly lanceolate or ovate, obtuse but with a rigid mucro 1-3 mm, reddish or purplish, but yellowish-green in apical half, with a wide hyaline margin. Stamens 3. Nut c. 2/5 as long as glumes, brownish-yellow.

Flowering in: Apr-Sep.

Life Form

G

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to W. Caucasus.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Judayem 1974

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Leptis Magna 1975   Kaam area 2005  Misurata 2006   Leptus Magna 2017  Zliten coast 2022

Sirte Plains:   Wadi Jarif, (20 km) W. of Sirte, near sea shore 1978  Sirte 2015, 2016

Benghazi Plain:  Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi Al-Agar 1999   Wadi El-Kouf 2014

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930   From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol.  (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 20 – under: Cyperus kalli (Forssk.) Murb.

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

Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2023) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research, (ISSN: 0719-3726), 11(X), 2023. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah

Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area. 2023

El-karnawdy, F.O.M., Abogmiza, A.F.M., Alsouyid, H.M.M., Ajaj. K.A.K. (2022) Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast, Libya. 5th International African conference on current studies. February 2-5, 2022 Cairo, Egypt.

Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast. 2022

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

Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha

التعرف على الانواع النباتية لمناطق وادي كعام وحصرها وتحديد أشكال نموها. 2017 .

Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf

Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya. 2016

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015

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

Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, 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).

El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (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).

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 141 – under: Cyperus aegyptiacus Gloxin https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

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