| Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f., it is a bulbous geophyte, greenish herb, usually growing in tufts, bulb, solitary (or in pairs), roots all of same thickness, tunics membranous, the outer usually forming reticulate fibrous sheath, ± covering the lower part or the scape. Basal leaves 1-2 per plant, narrowly-linear, exceeding the flowers, 10-20 cm long, margins glabrous or ciliate. Bracts leafy, linear-acuminating, margins ciliate, varying in length, usually directly proportional to pedicels, longer than flowers. Scape short, 3-12 cm long, usually villose at summit. Inflorescence umbellate-corymb. 1-8-flowered. Pedicels 1.5-3 cm long, villose. Perianth showy, tepals narrow-lancenlate, yellow inside, greenish with yellowish margins outside 15-20 x 2-3 mm, villose on dorsal side. Stamens 7-15 mm, filaments filiform, anthers ± oblong, 1-2 mm long yellow in colour, ovary green, ± trilobed-elongate with long style, usually above stamens level, stigma obscurely trilobed. Capsule obovoid-oblong c. 1.5 cm long. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: IT, The native range of this species is SE. & E. Europe to W. Himalaya and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535638-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/535638-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/5300187, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/197651/gagea-reticulata-pall-schult, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/16768.html, https://floraofksa.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1067 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| (16 km) S.W. Nalut 1975 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Slonta 1934 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 | Bardia 1927 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| 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, 2014DOI: 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 |
| Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013 |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003 |
| El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic) |
