| Cistanche lutea (Desf.) Hoffmanns. & Link / Homotypic Synonyms: Cistanche phelypaea ssp. lutea (Desf.) Fern.Casas & M.Laínz, it is a holoparasitic perennial, a rather robust, non-green, almost glabrous herb with a stem 20–50(–100) cm tall, usually colored in various shades of yellow. The leaves are stunted, transformed into ovate to lanceolate, 2-3 cm long scales. The inflorescence is a dense terminal cylindrical, 15–30(–35) cm long raceme; bracts about as long as the calyx; flowers are erect, bisexual, 3–5 cm long, symmetrical; the calyx is bell-shaped, ending in short blunt tips; corolla has a curved tube, upper and lower lip little distinct, slightly shorter than tube; 5 stamens grow from the inside to the crown; gynoecium fused from 2 carpels, testicle is upper, single capsule, scar two-lobed. The fruit is a capsule; the numerous seeds are very small. Life Form: Pa, Flowering in:————–, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: SA, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661961-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/661961-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000607098, https://www.gbif.org/species/7756516, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/119567/cistanche-lutea-desf-hoffmanns-link, http://atlas-sahara.org/Orobanchaceae/Cistanche%20lutea/Cistanche%20lutea.html?cat=Orobanchaceae, https://botany.cz/cs/cistanche-lutea/, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/cistanche-lutea, http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=10728 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978 Flora of Libya, Orobanchaceae Vol. (55) 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 |
| Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (In Arabic) | |
| 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) | |
| PAMPANINI R. (1938). Aggiunte al “Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica” delle mie raccolte in Cirenaica negli anni 1933-34 – Sem. Fac. Sci. Univ. Cagliari 8(3): 73 — under: Cistanche lutea f. pallida Pamp. |
