Flora

Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik.

Family: Asparagaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Apr.

General Appearance

Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik., it is a bulbous geophyte, bulb ovoid, 1-6 cm in diameter, tunics papery coriaceous, the outermost white-greyish. Leaves 2-3, glabrous, fleshy, canaliculate, linear to linear-lanceolate equaling to shorter than scape, 20-40 x 0.2-0.5 cm. Scaps simple, erect 15-100 cm long, 3-20 flowered; bracts membranous, ± lanceolate with acuminate lips, multi-nerved, c. 2 cm long. Flowers showy; pedicels short, c. 1 cm long in fruit. Perianth ± campanulate. Tepals 6, fleshy, orange-greenish, orange when dry, linear to linear-oblong with obscure nerves, and ± blunt lips, 10-18 x 2-4 mm, connate at base to form short tube, 1/4-1/2 as long as the free segments, outer reflexed at the middle, inner with reflexed lips becoming straight after fertilization. Stamens 6, equal, shorter than tepals and adnate to them at the throat of the tube; filaments entire with dilate base. Anthers linear, c. 3 mm long. Ovary green, oblong with short white style, 2-4 mm long, with slightly inflated stigma. Capsule sub globular with clear marked valves, c. 1.5 x 1 cm. Seeds many, flat, discoid, blackish in colour with membmnous margins.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+SS. The native range is Canary Islands to Arabian Peninsula, Himalaya to India.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Sabrata 2008

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Kaam area 2005

Benghazi Plain:

Wadi Faegh, Maaten Giofer, Sidi Hamuda a est di Ajdabia 1934 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa:

Gebel Nafousa 1971 Tarhuna, Sharshara, Abogilan, Between Shakshook and Gasr Al-Haj 1976 Wazen, Gasr Khiar 1978 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Tarhuna (Mckhalef) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

S. AL-Marj 2011 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Al-Mansora 2013

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_dipcadiserotinum.php https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Dipcadi%20serotinum/Dipcadi%20serotinum.html https://flora-on.pt/#/0X7NV

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533990-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/533990-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000765466, https://www.gbif.org/species/2768176, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/129522/dipcadi-serotinum-l-medik, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_dipcadiserotinum.php, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Dipcadi%20serotinum/Dipcadi%20serotinum.html, https://flora-on.pt/#/0X7NV, https://eol.org/pages/1087543, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Dipcadi%20serotinum, https://botany.cz/cs/dipcadi-serotinum/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. https://hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic),

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic).

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. 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).