Flora

Nonea vivianii DC.

Family: Boraginaceae

General Appearance

Nonea vivianii DC., it is a hispid, prostrate to erect annual herb with one to several stems, densely covered with patent tubercle-based hairs. Lower leaves oblong-elliptic. Upper leaves lanceolate, sessile, 20-50 (-60) x 5-7 (10) mm. Spikes sub-recurved, lax, somewhat elongated in fruit. Pedicel 1-2 mm long. Bracts foliaceous, somewhat lanceolate, longer than the flowers. Calyx 8 mm long, divided up to two-third of the tube, lobes linear-lanceolate, covered with long patent hairs, ventricose in the fruit. Corolla longer than the calyx, limb deeply violet, 5-lobed, lobes ovate-rounded, with 5 small scales in the throat, pilose outside. Stamens included, anthers linear, versatile, c. 1 mm long. Style exserted, stigma thick. Nutles dorsally convex, keeled, sub rounded, glabrous, 3×2 mm, with a strongly ribbed collar at the base.

Life Form

Phytochoria

Near-endemic. The native range of this species is Libya to Egypt.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Sabrata 2008

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Kaam area 2005

Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 Wadi El Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Zentan 1974

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Marmarica Plateau: Al-Tamimi 1968

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/species/7746850

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:119423-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/119423-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000379785, https://www.gbif.org/species/7746850, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/132877/nonea-vivianii-a-dc

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Boraginaceae Vol. (68) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 24.

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

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Maghrabi A.S.S. (2006) Study of the vegetation and seed bank of the zone of Ghaminis and Agedabia (Slouk plain), Master of Science Thesis, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Graduated Studies, Benghazi Branch, Libya, 2006. (In Arabic).

Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 378 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

Piantae Tripol.: 198 (1914).

Fl. Liby. Prodr.: 167 (1910). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s