Flora

Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Asch. & Graebn.

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-Jul.

General Appearance

Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn., it is an annual or biennial with slender taproot. Stems up to 5-25 cm, slender, densely glandular-hairy in the inflorescence. Leaves not fasciculate; stipules triangular, not acuminate. Upper bracts much reduced. Sepals 2-3.5 mm, Petals pink, with white base or entirely white, somewhat shorter than or equalling the sepals, Stamens (0-)2-5(-8). Capsule 2-3.5 mm, equalling or shorter than the sepals. Seeds 0.35-0.45 mm, unwinged, light grey brown, finely tuberculate.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. Europe to Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptus Megna 2004

Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi by Corti, Maeir and Keith

Jabal Nafusa: Reported from Tarhuna, Kussbat by Corti, Maeir and Keith Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Reported from Derna by Corti, Maeir and Keith Wadi Derna 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60432053-2

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7457, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Spergularia+bocconei, https://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Spergularia_bocconei, https://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=790&num=6919

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60432053-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/60432053-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000433735, https://www.gbif.org/species/8096233, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/235230/spergula-bocconei-scheele-pedersen, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7457, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Spergularia+bocconei, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CRYO/Spergularia_bocconei.php, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/spergularia_bocconei/, https://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Spergularia_bocconei, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SPEBOC/ https://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=790&num=6919, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spergularia_bocconei

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Caryophyllaceae Vol. (59) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 18.

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

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017

Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Komati, A. F. (2004) Medicinal plants in the Shapiat of Marqab, their distribution, classification and importance. Master Thesis. Biology Department- Faculty of Science-Al-Marqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 195 – under: Spergularia atheniensis Asch. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica