Flora

Lepidium niloticum (Delile) Sieber ex Steud.

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Jan-May.

General Appearance

Lepidium niloticum (Delile) Sieber ex Steud. / Homotypic Synonyms: Coronopus niloticus (Delile) Spreng. it is an annual herbaceous plant, 15-40 cm tall, creeping. Leaves pinnately divided . Inflorescences short, axial. Flowers very small, white . Fruits are clustered at the apex and divided into two lobes

Life Form

Phytochoria

The native range of this species is Egypt to Chad.

Distribution in Libya

Ghat area: Ghat (Esin region) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

Notes

Wild in Libya, limited in distribution, it is found only in the Isin Valley near the water pools.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286308-1

Link of images: https://openherbarium.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=246684, https://www.gbif.org/species/8077965

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286308-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/286308-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000358355, https://www.gbif.org/species/8077965, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141850/lepidium-niloticum-delile-sieber-ex-steud, https://openherbarium.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=246684

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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

Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 , https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357995_Checklist_and_life_forms_of_plant_species_in_contrasting_climatic_zones_of_Libya

Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. 2012

Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).