Atriplex coriacea Forssk, it is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrub land biome.
Life Form: N.Ph Flowering in: Auq-Nov Vern: Gatf Phytochoria: MED+SA The native range of this species is N. Africa to Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163730-1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=240027 https://www.floramaroccana.fr/atriplex-coriacea.html https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm000910464 |
Distribution in Libya | |
Al-Jafarah Plain | Marmarica Plateau |
Tripoli 1976 Bir Aiad, (32 km) after Bir Al-Ghanum 1977 | Ras Atteen 1972 (24 km) befor Al-Tamimi on Way to Tobruk 1977 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
Jabal Nafusa | |
Al Ghazayea, between Nalut and Wazen 1977 |
Bibliographic references: | |
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | |
Al-Habony MEE 1999. Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean Coast of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border. MSc. Thesis. Department of Botany. Faculty of Science. Benghazi University. Benghazi. Libya. |