| Euphorbia pseudoapios Maire & Weiller, it is a short perennial herb, up to I0 (-20) cm; rootstock usually single, tuberous, to subrounded, 5 x 2.5 cm, woody, giving out several simple branches, branch leafy, herbaceous, terete, glabrous. Leaves alternate. obovate. cuneate below. with usually rounded apices, obsoletely mucronate, glabrous, entire or almost 50. Umbels rays 3-5 in terminal ones with usually a few lateral ones also present. Ray leaves like the cauline leaves. raylct-Icaves smaller. Yellowish-green. Cyathium obconical-campanulate, lobes ovate, obtuse, glabrous outside, villose inside, glands transversely oblong or oblong-linear. Capsules subglobose, verrucose with hemispherical or semi-ovoid verruce. Seeds smooth, with a sub reniform caruncle. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:———–, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya, endemic to Al-Gabal Al-Akhder area.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347904-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/347904-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000964209, https://www.gbif.org/species/3068923, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143191/euphorbia-pseudoapios-maire-weiller |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Gaigab, Faidia by Maire & Weiller Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 |
| 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, A.H., Mosallam, H.A., Sergwa, S.S., Gibreel, M.A. (2021) Impact of Edaphic Factors on Vegetation Composition in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Egypt. J. Bot., Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 191-201 (2021) https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_119404.html | Impact of Edaphic Factors 2021_compressed |
