| Tetradiclis tenella (Ehrenb.) Litv., it is a glabrous annual, 10-20 cm tall, sub erect. Stem verticillately branched from the base. Leaves fleshy, up to 10 mm long, c. 2-3 mm broad, opposite and pinnatisect below, alternate and laciniate above, segments linear-oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse. Flowers c. 1 mm across, white; bracts leafy. Sepals triangular, united almost to half, slightly shorter than petals. Petals wedge-shaped, c. 1 mm long. Stamens antisepalous, inserted on disc. Ovary centrally depressed, locules incompletely trilocellate, with 2-4 ovules in central and one in each of lateral compartments, style quadrangular towards apex. Capsule subglobose, 3-4 mm in diameter, inflated and cross split at the apex, 4-valved, valves minutely pitted, each divided into 3 compartments, the lateral 1-seeded, central 2-4-seeded. Seeds minute, oblong, with scanty endosperm. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:—————–, Phytochoria: SA+IT, The native range of this species is S. Ukraine to Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya,
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873381-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/873381-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000457830, https://www.gbif.org/species/3987307, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/155650/tetradiclis-tenella-ehrenb-litv, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/38020.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TETTEN/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Baida 1890 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Zygophyllaceae Vol. (38) 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 |
