| Halophila stipulacea (Forssk.) Asch. / Homotypic Synonyms: Zostera stipulacea Forssk., it is a rhizomatous hydrogeophyte, dioecious, marine perennial. Rhizome with 1-4 cm long internodes, scales elliptical or obovate, transparent or snow-white, folded. Leaves small, single paired, on short shoots, 1-1.5 cm long, sub sessile, blue green, 2.5-5 x 0.5-1cm, linear or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, serrulate, 3-veined, with many ascending secondary veins joinling intramargimrl vein, glabrous or ± puberuIent. Male flower borne on pedicel elliptic, 1.5 cm long, perianth 4.5 x 1.5 mm, Stamens 3-4 mm -long. Female flower, ovary 3-4 mm, ovoid to ellipsoid, styles 3, filiform. Fruit 5 mm, ellipsoid with a long beak, 4-6 mm long. Seeds minute 30-40. Life Form: Hy, Flowering in: Jun-Sept, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: Pal, The native range of this species is Egypt to India and W. Indian Ocean. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:431764-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/431764-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000769344, https://www.gbif.org/species/5329631, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/11064/halophila-stipulacea-forssk-asch, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/368620/tab/fiche, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/HALSTI/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halophila_stipulacea, https://www.floraofqatar.com/halophila_stipulacea.htm |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Benghazi Plain |
| Benghazi 1986 Daryanah 1986 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1986) Flora of Libya, Hydrocharitaceae Vol. (144) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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