| Crocus boulosii Greuter, it is a geophyte herbaceous, bulb form corms, up to 1.5 (-2) cm across, covered by clear brown, fibrous tunics, scape leafy, up to 5 cm tall, erect. Leaves 5-9, needle-like, grow always in two ranks, up to 80 x 1-2.5 mm, appears with flowers. flowers regular, brown-yellowish in colour. Perianth funnel-shaped, segments equal, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 3, shorter than segments. Style filiform, with terminal stigmas. Capsule oblong, 1.9-2.4 cm long, Seeds numerous with membranous testa. Life Form: G, Flowering in:——————, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is Libya (Cyrenaica). Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436485-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/436485-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000788577, https://www.gbif.org/species/2747794, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160598/crocus-boulosii-greuter |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Maruah 1967 Gebel Akhder 2009 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Iridaceae Vol. (81) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mohamed, A.H., Mosallam, H.A., Sergwa, S.S., Gibreel, M.A. (2021) Impact of Edaphic Factors on Vegetation Composition in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Egypt. J. Bot., Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 191-201 (2021) https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_119404.html | Impact of Edaphic Factors 2021_compressed |
| 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 |
| El-Darier, S.M. & El-Mogaspi, F.M. (2009) Ethno botany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya). World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3): 353-360, 2009 ISSN 1817-3047, IDOSI Publications, 2009. https://bit.ly/3ANLWS1, http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas5(3)/16.pdf | Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar 2009 |
