| Genista acanthoclada DC., it is a erect, spiny shrub, up to 1 m tall, with opposite or sub opposite branches. Leaves 3-foliolate, subscssile, leaflets 5-10 x 1-3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, adpressed pubescent. Flowers in short, tenninal racemes borne towards the ends of spiny branches, bracteate, yellow, pedicels 1-2 mm long, bracteoles less than 1 mm. Calyx 2.5-5 mm long, sparsely sericeous, the lips almost equalling the tube. Standard 6-10 mm, shorter than the keel. Pods ovoid. c. 9 mm, acuminate, adprcssed-hairy, 1-seeded. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: ————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:495856-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/495856-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213307, https://www.gbif.org/species/5347782, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146363/genista-acanthoclada-dc, https://botany.cz/cs/genista-acanthoclada/, https://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-83388-illustrations, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/60876.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 | Razola, (20 km) from Tocra 1972 Al-Merj 1975 Wadi El-Aqar 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi El-Ager 2016 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 | |
| El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126 http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015 |
| 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,IDOSI Publications,2014 DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| 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) | |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
