| Ebenus armitagei Schweinf. & Taub., it is a small shrublet, the leaves 3-foliolate, with obovate or oblanceolale-oblong leaflets, stlipules broadly ovate, with usually emarginate, 2(-3)-dentate at the apices. Inflorescence head-like spikes, corolla 2-3 times, shorter than the calyx-teeth which is c. 3 times as long as the tube, ovary globose, villous, style glabrous. Pod small, 1-seeded, included within calyx. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: ————-, Vern: ———-, Phytochoria: Near Endemic, The native range of this species is N. Libya to NW. Egypt. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493611-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/493611-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000204616, https://www.gbif.org/species/5354895, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146332/ebenus-armitagei-schweinf-taub, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000393518 |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Baida 1890 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) 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 |
