Flora

Eremobium aegyptiacum (Spreng.) Asch. ex Boiss.

Common Name: Lesles.

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Oct-Feb.

General Appearance

Eremobium aegyptiacum (Spreng.) Asch. ex Boiss. / Infraspecifics: Eremobium aegyptiacum ssp. longisiliquum (Coss.) Maire // Homotypic Synonyms: Eremobium longisiliquum (Coss.) Boiss, it is a shrubby and sometimes woody at base, up to 30 cm or more long, ascending or spreading, branched, stellately pubescent. Leaves small, obovate-oblong to linear-oblong, sessile or sub sessile, up to 20 x 5 mm, entire, obtuse or rounded at the apices. Flowers c. 6 mm across, mostly white, sometimes pink or violaceous. Pedicels up to 4 mm long, ascending. Sepals 3-4 mm long, erect. Petal 6-8 x 1-1.2 mm. Stamens 3-4: 4-5 mm; anthers c. 1 mm long, sagittate. Siliquae 30-40 x 1-1.2 mm, linear, torulose, ± acute at the apex, stellately pubescent. Seeds 1-senate, 15-20 in each locule, c. 1.5 mm long.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is N. Africa and Sahara to SW. Pakistan.,

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: (5 km) from Al-Assa, (15 km) S. of Ben-Ghasher 1976

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Misurata 2008

Jabal Nafusa: Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake) 2022

Al-Qibla area: Wadi Nesma region 2009 Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Ghat area: Ghat,Barkat 1976

Notes

Wild in Libya, in sandy ground.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20009473-1

Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Brassicaceae/Eremobium%20aegyptiacum/Eremobium%20aegyptiacum.html https://www.ksanature.com/plants/eremobium_aegyptiacum/, https://botany.cz/cs/eremobium-aegyptiacum/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20009473-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/20009473-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000670746, https://www.gbif.org/species/3051168, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/197594/eremobium-aegyptiacum-spreng-asch-schweinf-ex-boiss, https://atlas-sahara.org/Brassicaceae/Eremobium%20aegyptiacum/Eremobium%20aegyptiacum.html, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/eremobium_aegyptiacum/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ereaeg/, https://botany.cz/cs/eremobium-aegyptiacum/, https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremobium_aegyptiacum

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 170- under Eremobium longisiliquum (Coss.) Boiss.

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

Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357516127_Vegetation_analysis_of_Wadi_Kaam_at_northwest_Libya, https://jbes.journals.ekb.eg/article_372060_558ee8095e2cf97881a8a3cc705aa126.pdf

Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya.2022

Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).

Bahri, N.M. (2009) Study of the vegetation covers of Wadi Nesma region, northwest of Libya. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, College of Science, Sebha University, Libya. (In Arabic).

Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008).