| Arum cyrenaicum Hruby , it is a tuberous geophyte sprouting in early autumn from a discoid, vertical tuber 3.5-5 cm across, 2-2.5 cm , the leaf-blade broadly sagittate, apex obtuse to rather bluntly acute, 8.5-20 cm long, 4-12 cm wide, semi-glossy deep green., Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern: Wendhish, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is SW. Kriti, NE. Libya., Notes: Wild in Libya, Endangered Plant in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:85984-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000278472, https://www.gbif.org/species/5330526, https://eol.org/pages/1133528 https://cate-araceae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/3049/descriptions, https://www.greekflora.gr/el/flowers/3660/Arum-cyrenaicum, http://www.aroid.org/genera/speciespage.php?genus=arum&species=cyrenaicum |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Benghazi 1883,1916 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Cirenaica 1817 Derna 1887,1912 (22 km) S.W. Massah 1967 (12km)E. of El- Marj 1968, Shahat 1973 El-kouf area 1984 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 El-Bakur 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Gebel Akhder 2009 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Shahat, Susa, El Fadil Abou Omar 2011 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi El-Agar 2016 Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016 Wadi Al-Agar 2017 Habun (Ain Al-Shallala), Balghara, Al-Mansoura, Shahat old cit 2017 Wadi Derna 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020 Ain Mara 2020 Lamluda, Al-Apraq, Shahat, Al-Mansoura, Ras-Etrab, Wardama, Al-Biada, Al-Wasita, Balaghara, Massah, Egfanta, Wadi El-Kuf, Gasr Libya, Al-Gharega, Satlona, Jefas, Omar El-Mokhtar, Solinta, Gandula 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 | Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
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