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Centaurea alexandrina Delile, Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr- May,   Vern: Mrrier, Phytochoria: MED+SZ, The native range of this species is Mali, Chad, Libya to NW. Egypt.,   Notes:  Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189842-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000122492, https://www.gbif.org/species/3128473, https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/centaurea.alexandrina

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Sirte Plains Benghazi Plain
Sabratha region 2020 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 Qaminis, (79 km) from Ajdabia to Benghazi 1978 Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 (35 Km) South East of Benghazi (adjacent to the Jardinah village) 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021
Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder Marmarica Plateau
Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 (65 km) from Martuba to Faidia 1977 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Bakur 2007 S. AL-Marj 2011 Al-Mansora 2013 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Gaber Jera 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi El-Kouf 2016 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Wadi Derna 2017 From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

 

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