Flora

Heteromera philaenorum Maire & Weiller

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Heteromera philaenorum Maire & Weiller / Homotypic Synonyms: Tripleurospermum philaenorum (Maire & Weiller) Alavi, it is an annual herb, very similar to Heteromera fuscata (Desf.) Pomel / Homotypic Synonyms: Tripleurospermum fuscatum (Desf.) Sch.Bip, in habit but both, stems and leaves canescent with hairs up to 0.6 mm long, spreading, flexuous or curled; leaf lobes acute, callose mucronate; ligules 12-14 x 7-8 mm. Cypselas 4 x 2 mm, yellowish or dark brownish; pappus coroniform or annular, up to 0.7 mm long, thickened near the base and narrowly membranous above; ray cypselas 4-ribbed and disc cypsclas 5-ribbed; ribs usually separated by wide furrows; mucilaginous glands present below the callose pappuson the adaxial ribs.

Life Form

Phytochoria

Near-Endemic ???? The native range of this species is E. Algeria to Libya.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains: Um el Gharing Syritca, Misurata 1939

Benghazi Plain: (20 miles) S. of Agedabia in the desert on the Jalo track 1939

Jabal Nafusa: Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Qibla area: Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/species/5939870

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:213956-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/213956-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000026383, https://www.gbif.org/species/5939870, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137846/heteromera-philaenorum-maire-weiller, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p02088603

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) 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://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

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).

LE HOUÉROU, H. N. (1969) Quatrième contribution à l’étude de la flore Libyenne. – Bull. Soc. Bot. France 116: 279-284 – under: Chrysanthemum fuscatum var. tripolitanum Pamp.