Flora

Deverra scoparia Coss. & Durieu

Common Name: Gazzah.

Family: Apiaceae

General Appearance

Deverra scoparia Coss. & Durieu / Homotypic Synonyms: Pituranthos scoparius (Coss. & Durieu) Schinz // Infraspecific: Deverra scoparia ssp. tripolitana (Andr.) Pfisterer & Podlech/ Heterotypic Synonyms: Pituranthos rohlfsianus (Asch.) Schinz, it is a caespitose, erect, broom-like tall perennial herb, much branched at base with erect branched, leafless nodose. Greenish stem, up to 60(-80) cm tall; Basal and lower leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, cauline leaves reduced to small, ovate, virgate sheaths, membranous at margin. Umbels usually lateral and terminal, on peduncles 1-3 cm long. Bracts and bracteoles deciduous to sub persistent, usually 4-6, lanceolate, glabrous. the latter ± exceeding the young buds. Petals ovate-oblong, at flowering, becoming inflexed later; middle nerve narrow, glabrous. Stylopodium conical-depressed, margin hardly undulate-crenulate; style longer than stylopodium, deflexed, usually much exceeding the fruit apices. Fruits ovoid-or suborbicular, somewhat laterally compressed, usually villous with small whitish hairs.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is NW. Africa to NW. Mauritania.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Qaminas area,Al-Maqron area,Sidi Abdelati area, Ajdabia region 2006

Jabal Nafusa:

Nalut, Ejwabia 1974 (184 km) from Nalut, (4 km) from Sinawan 1975 Tarhuna, Sharshara 1976

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Al-Bakur 2007

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/apiaceae/deverra-scoparia, https://atlas-sahara.org/Apiaceae/Deverra%20scoparia/Deverra%20scoparia.html?cat=Apiaceae

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841274-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/841274-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000642739, https://www.gbif.org/species/6027147, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154648/deverra-scoparia-coss-durieu, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/apiaceae/deverra-scoparia, https://atlas-sahara.org/Apiaceae/Deverra%20scoparia/Deverra%20scoparia.html?cat=Apiaceae, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/deverra-scoparia.html

Bibliographic References

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:

Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic)

Al-Maghrabi A.S.S. (2006) Study of the vegetation and seed bank of the zone of Ghaminis and Agedabia (Slouk plain), Master of Science Thesis, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Graduated Studies, Benghazi Branch, Libya, 2006. (In Arabic)

El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic)

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 167 — under: Pituranthos tortuosus var. virgatus (Coss. & Durieu) Durand & Barratte