| Gladiolus italicus Mill. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Gladiolus segetum Ker Gawl., it is a perennial plant 40-80 cm, glabrous, with globose bulb, tunic with slightly thick, parallel fibers, reticulated at the top, with oblong mesh, fairly robust stem, with 3-5 fairly wide leaves, couplet cluster, sub unilateral, with 6-10 large flowers, lower spathes often equal to the flower, perianth with upper division longer and wider, spaced from the oblong wedge-shaped laterals, anthers a little longer than the filament, with sub divergent auricles, stigmas attenuated from the base. Sub globose capsule with rounded corners. Seeds c. 3.5 x 3 x 2.2 mm, subtrigonous, very compressed laterally, with the lateral faces of a bright reddish ocher color and the margins with a somewhat paler tone. Seed surface rough on the lateral faces and colliculated on the margins and around the strophiolus. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern: Sif El-Ghrab, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Central Asia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:437543-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/437543-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000789959, https://www.gbif.org/species/2749791, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160629/gladiolus-italicus-mill, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2497.html, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=100, https://www.maltawildplants.com/IRID/Gladiolus_italicus.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_glaieul.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/GLAITA/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiolus_italicus |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Benghazi 1883,1970,1973 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 | Gharian 1919 Asaba, Gharian 1974 | Ras El-Hilal 1939 El-Abiar 1970 Al-Merj 1978 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 El-Bakur 2007 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 |
| 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 |
| Al-Amrouni, M,M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/index.php/april2020/, https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf | غابة سيدي أمحمد شمال مدينة الابيار2020 |
| El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) http://jese.uoa.edu.ly/JESE_V1N1/JESE_V1N1P11.pdf | سيدي ابو راس 2017 |
| El-Zerbi, A. K. , Al-Borki, A. S., Al-Aib, M.A.(2016) Study of vegetation in Protected Al-Bedan southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-No. (2) Volume (2) December 2016. ISSN: 2413-5267 (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JMSET01-2-2-2016-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf | الغطاء النباتي بمحمية البيضان 2016 |
| 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 |
| Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout | Vegetation an elevation in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2003 |
