| Erodium salzmannii Delile// Erodium salzmannii ssp. tocranum (Guitt. & Le Houér.) Guitt. / Syn. Erodium tocranum Guitt. & Le Houér., Life Form: Th, Flowering in:—————–, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, SW. Europe to N. Africa. Notes: The native range of this subspecies Erodium salzmannii ssp. tocranum (Guitt. & Le Houér.) Guitt. / Syn. Erodium tocranum Guitt. & Le Houér. is Libya, it is a endemic in Libya. It is an annual, caulesccnt herb. Leaves paripinnate compound, Leaflets entire to pinnatipartite, stipules membranous, ovate, acuminate, ciliate on margms. Inflorescence 3-6-flowered, bracts membranous, free, nerves green, ciliate. Sepals lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, with c. 0.5 mm long or obsolete mucro. Petals rosy, lanceolate, slightly unequal, 3-nerved, claw ciliate. Fertile filaments with violaceous anthers. Antlerless filaments narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Mericarps narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, 5-6 mm long, antrorsely-spreading hairy; apical pits glabrous with a narrow furrow beneath, beak 4-6 cm long, barbate.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372421-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/372421-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000677065, https://www.gbif.org/species/4934102, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143703/erodium-salzmannii-delile |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Cyrenaique, sommet de la faloise entere Tocra et Barce (Aguba et Bakkor) |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Geraniaceae Vol. (63) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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