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Paronychia arabica (L.) DC. // Infraspecifics: Paronychia arabica ssp. longiseta (Bertol.) Batt., it is an annual to perennial herb. Diffusely branched, prostrate to sub erect, Branches spreading to 25-40 cm. articulate internodes 5-40 mm long. ± retrorsely, hairy to glabrous. Leaves sessile to shortly pctioled, linear·lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 5-15 x 2-4 mm., Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Feb-Jul,   Vern: Tifun,   Phytochoria: SA+IT,  The native range of this species is Sahara to SW. & S. Iraq and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya, in sandy soil with loamy top.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434979-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/434979-1https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000466822https://www.gbif.org/species/7314232https://www.floraofqatar.com/paronychia_arabica.htm, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51297.htmlhttps://flora.org.il/en/plants/PARARA/

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Zliten-Misurata Plain Sirte Plains
(30 km) from Sabratah to Zuara 1976  Tripoli 1967,1970,1976 1976 Gefara plain 2010  El-Zawia 2015  Sabratha region 2020  Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 Leptus Megna 2004  Kaam area 2005  Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016  Wadi Soofejeen 2017  Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020
Benghazi Plain Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
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  Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021 (36 km) N. of Nalut, (7,8 km) before Zentan 1973 Rayana to Zintan 1968   Tarhuna (Dawoon, Msabha, Shersharah, Sok-El-Ahed, Terghlat, Wlaad hammad) 2018   Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020   Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake) 2022 Derna, Wadi Derna, Wadi El Tair 1967  El-Abiar, Susa, Shahat, Slonta to Marwa, Labrag 1970  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi Zaza 2003  S. of AL-Marj 2011  Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020  Wadi Al-Kouf 2021
Marmarica Plateau Al-Qibla area Al-Jufra area
Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  Omm Rezum 1968  Al-Tamimi to Omm Rezum 1970  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Wadi Nesma region 2009   Wadis South of Mizda 2013 Gebel Soda 1972 (200,98 km) from Sebha to Hun, (100 km) frum Hun Wadi Soda 1973
Ghat area 
Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004  Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya,  Illecebraceae  Vol. (37) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
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El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/_files/ugd/614b1f_77fabd66c5054350a95423613bc913b6.pdf , https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten 2022
Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahkloufhttp://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm,   http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf  Vegetation Survey of the University of Tripoli 2021
Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2021) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi , https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah Karkurah coastal area 2021
Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442 / https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805 Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf 2021
Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). https://bit.ly/41TInWwhttp://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya 2021
Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021
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
Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u , https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php Sabratha region Libya 2020
El-Taguri, H.M., El-Mogasapi, A.M., El-Barasi, Y.M. (2020) Weed Flora of Man-Made river agriculture project (Masiklo). Libyan Journal of Science & Technology 11:1 (2020) 61-64. http://repository.uob.edu.ly/bitstream/handle/123456789/1291/15.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdusslam-Elmogasapi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi Weed Flora agriculture project (Masiklo) 2020
Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020
Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://bit.ly/3Vm38ro, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya 2020
Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://bit.ly/40Und9s , https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omarhttps://ljbs.omu.edu.ly/vol11no1august-2020/ Weed Species of Jardina-Soloq Region 2020
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Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017
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_compressed
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