Flora

Ornithogalum arabicum L.

Family: Asparagaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-May.

General Appearance

Ornithogalum arabicum L. it is a bulbous geophyte, Bulb ovoid 2-4 cm in diameter, tunics membranous, grayish in colour. Leaves linear, ± canaliculate, acute, 20-40 x 3 cm. Scapes 30-80 cm long, 8-20-flowercd; pedicels 3-5 cm long; bracts triangular-lanceolate, membranous, 2-5 cm long, straw coloured at top. Perianth stellate. Tepals elliptical, 1,5-2.5 x 0.6-1.3 cm, white inside, white-greenish outside; inner tepals usually papillose at lips. Stamens shorter than tepals, 0.7-1 cm long; filaments white ± deltate, narrowing towards the tip. Anthers oblong, c, 2 mm long, versatile, yellowish. Ovary dark-greenish at top, half green at bottom, obovoid, with 6 clear lobes and short style, 2-4 mm long, greenish at base, stigma capitate. Capsule ± ovoid-trilobed, c. 1.1-1.2 cm long; seeds black.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit., W. Sudan.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Gussbat 1919 Misallata, Shafeyeen area, (8km) S. of Gussbat 1978 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASPG/Ornithogalum_arabicum.php https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ornara/, https://herbarivirtual.uib.es/ca/catalunya/530/especie/vicaris, https://florealpes.com/fiche_ornithogarabicum.php

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539020-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/539020-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000708838, https://www.gbif.org/species/8243662, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160353/ornithogalum-arabicum-l, https://botany.cz/en/ornithogalum-arabicum/, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASPG/Ornithogalum_arabicum.php, https://herbarivirtual.uib.es/ca/catalunya/530/especie/vicaris https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ornara/,https://florealpes.com/fiche_ornithogarabicum.php, https://eol.org/pages/229708, https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/692b658c-c157-4d6c-ab47-2d41d84f665d, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Ornithogalum_arabicum, https://www.botanybrisbane.com/plants/asparagaceae/ornithogalum/ornithogalum-arabicum/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) 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://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya