| Cyperus mundii (Nees) Kunth / Homotypic Synonyms: Pycreus mundii Nees, it is a rhizomatous geophyte. foliaceous,erect, trigonous. Leaf alternate distichous, blade foliar developed, greenish, partly adnate scabrous. Inflorescence, synflorescence terminal, lax, simple, fascicle, with shoot ascending. inflorescence partial of the shoot terminal lax, pedunculate, subsessile. spikelet with rachilla persistent, lanceolate, ovate, glume fertile deciduous,9-30, distichous, lax imbricate, ovate, navicular, wine-coloured, apex obtuse, muticous, veins of the keel 3, smooth, veins lateral 0-1. Flower, carpel and stigma 2, bristle perigonial absent. stamen 3. Fruit: achene lenticular, obovoid, brown dark, brown pale. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Apr – Nov, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: The native range of this species is S. & E. Spain to Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305255-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/305255-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000378143, https://www.gbif.org/species/2730980, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/38176/cyperus-mundii-nees-kunth, https://www.gbif.org/species/2730980, https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=228580&ishow_id=1 |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Fezzan area | Ghat area |
| Fezzan 934 | Fezzan, Ghat 1934 Al-Barkat 1943 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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