Flora

Moricandia nitens (Viv.) E.A.Durand & Barratte

Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering Time: Sept-Oct.

General Appearance

Moricandia nitens (Viv.) E.A.Durand & Barratte , it is a small shrub, differing from the Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC. by its week habit, whitish stem and deep green leaves, leaves smaller, often aggregated, mostly obovate-oblong, narrowed below. Flowers violet, showy. Fruits c. 1.5 mm broad. Seeds usually 1-seriate,

Life Form

Phytochoria

The native range of this species is Tunisia to Jordan.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Between Derna and Al-Tamimi 1975

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Between Derna and Al-Tamimi, (60 km) before Tobruk 1975 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

Notes

Wild in Libya, in rocks, stony mound.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287152-1

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MORNIT/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51430/images/own/location/1132-1500-1490-2240.html, https://www.gbif.org/species/5376019

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287152-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/287152-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000369741, https://www.gbif.org/species/5376019, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/142080/moricandia-nitens-viv-e-a-durand-barratte, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MORNIT/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51430/images/own/location/1132-1500-1490-2240.html

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. 92.

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

El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (in Arabic).