Flora

Pancratium foetidum Pomel

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Flowering Time: Oct-Nov.

General Appearance

Pancratium foetidum Pomel, it is a bulbous geophyte, bulb 4-8 cm diameter, scape 30-50 cm long and 0.5-0.8 cm in girth. Leaves (15-20 days) after flowering, linear. spirally twisted, ± obtuse, as long as the scape and 0.7-1.5 cm wide. Umbel 5-16 flowered, pedicels unequal (before fruiting) becoming equal later, longer than the previous species. 1.2-2.3 cm; stamens forming toothed corona; teeth, usually as long as to stlightly longer than stamens; capsule oblong, c. 3 x 1.5 cm. Seeds ± triquetrae or angular with blaxk testa.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is N. Africa

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Gharian by Keith, Gussbat, Hadida, Wadi Ben-Tajura by El-Gadi Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/amaryllidaceae/pancratium-foetidum, https://www.maltawildplants.com/AMRY/Pancratium_foetidum.php

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66434-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/66434-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000728609, https://www.gbif.org/species/2853270, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156119/pancratium-foetidum-pomel, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/amaryllidaceae/pancratium-foetidum, https://www.maltawildplants.com/AMRY/Pancratium_foetidum.php

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Amaryllidaceae Vol. (51) 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

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.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)

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 58 — under: Pancratium collinum Coss. & Durieu.