| Euphorbia calyptrata Coss. & Kralik, it is an annual or biennial herb up to 20-70 cm tall, with a thick root and with several stems, rather often ramose, , not spiny. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:——————, Vern:———————, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is N. Africa to Mauritania. Notes: Wild in Libya, a desert species.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:345911-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/345911-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000961179, https://www.gbif.org/species/3066564, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143011/euphorbia-calyptrata-coss-kralik, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/euphorbiaceae/euphorbia-calyptrata, http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=9378 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Qibla area | Al-Jufra area | Ghat area |
| Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | (98 km) from Hun to Sebha, Wadi Soda 1973 | Al-Barkat 1976 Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol. (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
