General Appearance
Didesmus bipinnatus (Desf.) DC., it is an erect or ascending annual herb, up to 60 cm long, sometimes much branched, sub glaucous, sparsely hispid to almost glabrous, hairs similar as in the Didesmus aegyptius (L.) Desv. Leaves bipinnatisect with very narrow, 1-3 mm broad, oblong-linear lobes; primary segments 4-5 pairs; secondary segments 2-3 pairs, shortly irregularly lobulate to almost entire. Flowers and fruits ± similar to the Didesmus aegyptius (L.) Desv., variable. Fruits usually erect, with segments ± smooth, ± appressed to the axis, rarely pedicels deflexed. Seeds usually 1 in each segment.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: El-Zawia 2015 Research station (faculties of Agriculture) 2017 Sabratha region 2020
Sirte Plains: Wadi Soofejeen 2017
Benghazi Plain: Qaminas area, Al-Maqron area 2006 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021
Jabal Nafusa: Gebel Nafousa, near Yefren ,Between Yefren and Jado, (25 km) E. of Jado 1970 (2 km) before Gharian 1973 (24 km) from Gharian, E-Keiainah, (5 km) from Yefren 1974 Asaba, (24 km) from Gharian, (2 km) from Kabau, Om-Eramel, Kabau, Wadi Borraghwa, (7 km) before Zentan, Jefren, (30 km) N. of Nalut 1974 Kaleba 1974 Kaleba, Sharshara 1975 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Tarhuna (Hejaz, Khsaya, Terghlat, Zurgan) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Zaza 2003 Gebel Akhder 2007 Gaber Jera 2013 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017
Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008.
Notes
Wild in Libya, in the calcareous and stony hill slopes to the margins of cultivated fields and waste lands.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:282114-1
Link of images: https://www.tela-botanica.org/isfan-nn-141209-illustrations, https://wildlife.org.ly/plant-cards/didesmus-bipinnatus-desf-dc/, https://atlas-sahara.org/Brassicaceae/Didesmus%20bipinnatus/Didesmus%20bipinnatus.html
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:282114-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/282114-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000646410, https://www.gbif.org/species/5375144, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141209/didesmus-bipinnatus-desf-dc, https://efloramaghreb.org/specie/141209, https://atlas-sahara.org/Brassicaceae/Didesmus%20bipinnatus/Didesmus%20bipinnatus.html, https://wildlife.org.ly/plant-cards/didesmus-bipinnatus-desf-dc/, https://www.tela-botanica.org/isfan-nn-141209-illustrations
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Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. 2021.-مضغوط
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
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Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020
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دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017
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تلوث محصول الشعير ببذور الحشائش بمزارع قبر جيرة بالجبل الاخضر. 2013- صفحة 45 -53.
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El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya
Flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at Al-Jabal AI Akhdar 2003-مضغوط
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