Flora

Tourneuxia variifolia Coss.

Family: Asteraceae

General Appearance

Tourneuxia variifolia Coss., it is a small, sub acaulescent, ash-grey pubescent annual, with tufted leaves. Leaves narrowly linear to linear-oblong, entire or few sinuate-toothed to pinnatifid. Capitula solitary, terminal. Involucral bracts lanceolate, sharply acuminate, strongly woolly hairy. Ligules yellow, slightly exceeding or not from the involucre.

Life Form

Phytochoria

Endemic to Southern Sahara. The native range of this species is N. Africa to Mauritania.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Qibla area: Wadis South of Mizda 2013

Fezzan area: Reported from Bir el Ghelania, Brak near Wadi Issa by Corti

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

Notes

Wild in Libya, endangered plant in Libya.

Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Asteraceae/Tourneuxia%20variifolia/Tourneuxia%20variifolia.html?cat=Asteraceae, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/tourneuxia-variifolia.html, https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/asteraceae/tourneuxia-variifolia, http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Compositae/Tourneuxia_variifolia.htm

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:255865-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/255865-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000068347, https://www.gbif.org/species/3093117, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/104973/tourneuxia-variifolia-coss, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/tourneuxia-variifolia.html, https://atlas-sahara.org/Asteraceae/Tourneuxia%20variifolia/Tourneuxia%20variifolia.html?cat=Asteraceae, https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/asteraceae/tourneuxia-variifolia

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 372.

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

Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).

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://bit.ly/42hptsN , https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357995_Checklist_and_life_forms_of_plant_species_in_contrasting_climatic_zones_of_Libya

Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. 2012

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).