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Amaranthus hybridus L., is an erect annual herbaceous plant, and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Life Form: Th

Flowering in: Mar-May

Vern:

Phytochoria: Cosm

The native range of this species is S. Ontario to W. South America.

Notes: Introduced in Libya, medicinal plant, Habitat: Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), meadows and fields.

For more information:

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:10648-2

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/amaranthus/hybridus/

https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/slr_pigweed.htm

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.4643

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_hybridus

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Sirte Plains Benghazi Plain Jabal Nafusa area Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Tripoli 1967, 1976, 1977 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Wadi Zaza 2017

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Amaranthaceae Vol. (42) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.  
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest:  
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.

file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/JABZV8I102%20(3).pdf

https://zenodo.org/record/3931997#.Y7lQs3ZBzIU

Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020
 Mukassabi, T.A., Thomas,P.A., ELMogasapi, A.(2017) Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya: existence and extinction. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 10/2 (2017) 183-192.

https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4064/  

Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica2017
Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68

https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en  https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf

Surt region in Libya 2016
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES.

https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

Plant Cover at Surt Region2015
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,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375.

(https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf)

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf 2014
El Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F. M., Lamlom, S. H (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 39-47.

https://docplayer.net/75475456-Preliminary-checklist-for-the-flora-of-wadi-el-ghattara-in-libya-abstract-introduction-materials-and-methods-results-and-discussion.html

Flora of Wadi El Ghattara 2010
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.

http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf