General Appearance
Euphorbia pterococca Brot., it is an erect annual herb, up to 30 cm tall, often with axillary rays below the terminal one (or branching above). Leaves exstipulate, alternate, oblong-obovate or spathulate, obtuse, serrulate, the lower shortly petiolate. Ray leaves like the cauline, Raylet leaves rhombic-ovate. Rays 5 (rarely more), trichotomous then dichotomous, slender. 10-20 mm long. Glands transversely ovate, without petaloid appendages. Capsules 1.5 mm. smooth, with 2 undulated wings on each valve. Seeds 1.3 mm, alveolate-reticulate, dark brown.
Flowering in: Feb-May.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Between Barce and Tolmetta 1939
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347931-1
Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/euphorbia-pterococca, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/euphorbiaceae/euphorbia-pterococca, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Euphorbia+pterococca
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347931-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/347931-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000964247, https://www.gbif.org/species/3067568, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143192/euphorbia-pterococca-brot, https://www.cretanflora.com/Euphorbia%20pterococca.html, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Euphorbia_pterococca, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_euphorbiaptero.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Euphorbia_pterococca, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/euphorbia-pterococca, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2932, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_pterococca
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol. (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 31.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books
Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. 2022











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