Flora

Maresia nana (DC.) Batt.

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Jan–Feb.

General Appearance

Maresia nana (DC.) Batt., it is an annual, small, much branched herb, up to 15 cm tall, ± canescent with short stellate hairs. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, entire to sinuate-dentate. Flowers small, c. 3 (-5) mm across, pink-violet or mauve, sub sessile. Pedicels up to 5 mm long in fruit. Sepals 2-2.5 mm long. Petals 4-5 x I mm. Siliquae (10-) 15-20 (-28) x 0.7 mm, spreading to somewhat up curved, pubescent, torulose on the valves; style up to 1 mm long. Seeds c. 0.8 mm, oblong-ellipsoid, yellowish or brownish.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Medit. to Afghanistan.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: (8 km) from Tripoli roadside 1975 Tripoli 1976 Gefara plain 2010

Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Al-Qibla area: Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286825-1

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501371, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/maresia-nana, https://bgflora.net/families/brassicaceae/maresia/maresia_nana/maresia_nana_en.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286825-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/286825-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000368397, https://www.gbif.org/species/5377766, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141965/maresia-nana-dc-batt, https://botany.cz/en/maresia-nana/, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/maresia-nana, https://bgflora.net/families/brassicaceae/maresia/maresia_nana/maresia_nana_en.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MARNAN/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Maresia%20nana/Maresia-nana.html, https://cambriasalvatore.wixsite.com/flora-della-sicilia/maresia-nana-dc-batt

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. 172.

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

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

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).

Abu Ajila, A. M. K. & Ahmed, A. N. (2010) A study of the quantitative characteristics of vegetation covers in Al-Jafara plain. Libya. African J. Biol. Sci., 6 (3):111-121(2010) ISSN 1687-4870. (In Arabic).

دراسة الخصائص الكمية للغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سهل الجفارة- ليبيا. 2010

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 […] – Firenze: 105 – under: Malcolmia confusa Boiss., 110 – under: Sisymbrium nanum DC.