| Callitriche truncata Guss., it is an annual, submerged herb, 8-20 cm long, with very slender branched stems commonly reddish. Leaves linear, 5-11 x 0.8-1.3 mm, almost parallel-sided, imperceptibly tapering to a truncated and shallowly emarginated apex, 1-veined, dark green. Bracts absent. Stamen filaments short, little exceeding the anther. Styles usually longer than ovary, spreading. Fruit c. 1 mm in diam., almost orbicular, of 4 readily separating, blunt, in winged lobes, sessile or shortly stalked; stalk 1-3 mm. Life Form: Hy, Flowering in: Mar-Sept, Vern:—————– , Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. Europe to Medit., W. Himalaya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430056-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/430056-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000778440, https://www.gbif.org/species/8306779, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150297/callitriche-truncata-guss, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CLTR/Callitriche_truncata.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1853.htm, l |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Benghazi Plain |
| Reported from Benghazi 1916 Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini and Keith |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1984) Flora of Libya, Callitrichaceae Vol. (110) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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