| Hippocrepis unisiliquosa L. / Infraspecifics: Hippocrepis unisiliquosa ssp. bisiliqua (Forssk.) Bornm., Hippocrepis unisiliquosa ssp. unisiliquosa, it is an annual herb, glabrous to subglabrous, easily recognized by its 1 (-3) axillary flowers without a peduncle or on very short peduncle much shorter than the subtending leaf. Pods 15-40 x 4-5 mm, almost straight to subarcuate, glabrous or with the seed bearing part very shortly papillose on the seed bearing protuberances. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498396-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/498396-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000205695, https://www.gbif.org/species/5353717, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146696/hippocrepis-unisiliquosa-l, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/20159.html, https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id213137/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/HIPUNI/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Al-Qibla area | Ghat area |
| Al-Bakur, on the old roadsaide ?? | Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| 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) |
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