Flora

Soda schweinfurthii (Solms) Akhani

Common Name: ——-

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-Aug.

General Appearance

Soda schweinfurthii (Solms) Akhani ̸ Homotypic Synonyms: Salsola schweinfurthii Solms , it is a shrublet, up 10 30 cm tall, with ascending stem, woody, with white. glossy, alternate or subopposite branches. Leaves 5-30 x 1-2 mm, with ± hairy axils, alternate to subopposite. fleshy- linear, sub terete, glabrous. ± arcuate with a caduceus, short bristle tip. Bracts and bracteoles short, oblong to suborbicular, concave above. Flowers 1-2 in each axil, forming loose to dense spicate inflorescences. Flowers and perianth-wings ± similar to the previous species. Staminodes well-developed. Fruiting perianth (including wings) usually 6-10 mm across, whitish or pinkish.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is Egypt to Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

(3 km) before Misurata 1977

Sirte Plains:

(60 km) before Bugrain 1975

Marmarica Plateau:

Msaid 1975

Al-Qibla area:

(25 km) before Derj 1977

Ghat area :

Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

Notes

Wild in Libya, habitat in permanent inland saline and brackish lakes.

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77215018-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77215018-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/11233681, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/246717/soda-schweinfurthii-solms-akhani, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000435972, https://ehaloph.uc.pt/showplant/13787, https://www.floraofqatar.com/salsola_schweinfurthii.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SALSCH/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799

Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic)