| Cyperus rotundus L., it is a tuberous geophyte, up to 0,1-1 m tall, gregarious but not clump-forming. roots with white nut-like nodules turning brown; culms few, somewhat swollen at base, arising from rather thick scale-covered stolons; culms green, 1-3 mm, triangular. leaves glossy green, sheath green to reddish-brown; blade linear, 10-40 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, ± M-shaped in cross-section. Inflorescence a simple or compound anthela, primary branches 1-8, 0,5-12 cm long; spikelets in rather dense clusters, 3-15 per cluster, bright to golden to dark brown, ± lanceolate, ± flattened, 6-70 mm long. Life Form: G, Flowering in: May-Dec, Vern:——–, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305797-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/305797-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000381487, https://www.gbif.org/species/2714818, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156736/cyperus-rotundus-l, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/810, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cyperus+rotundus, https://casabio.org/taxa/cyperus-rotundus, https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=109760, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_rotundus |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Al Jadayeda 1975 Judayem, (35 km) W. of Tripoli 1977 (10 km) E. of Tripoli 1979 Sabratha region 2020 | Kaam area 2005 | Sirte 2015, 2016 |
| Al-Kufra area | ||
| Gebel Kufra 1968 | ||
| 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 |
| Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php | Sabratha region Libya 2020 |
| 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 Region 2015 |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) |
