Polycarpaea repens (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf., it is a perennial plant, villous, spreading to suberect, up 10 25 cm tall. , Life Form: H, Flowering in: Feb-Jun, Vern: ————, Phytochoria: SA+SZ+IT, The native range of this species is Sahara to Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156169-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/156169-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000395859, https://www.gbif.org/species/7268221, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/64970.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/POLREP/ , https://botany.cz/cs/polycarpaea-repens/ |
Distribution in Libya | ||
Cyrenaica | Al-Qibla area | Al-Jufra area |
Reported from Cyrenaica by Pampini, Corti and Maire | Reported from Bin Ulid, bir Tininai by Pampini, Corti and Maire Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | Reported Gebel Soda by Pampini, Corti and Maire |
Fezzan area | Ghat area | |
Reported from Brak, Wadi Zigza by Keith | Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 |
Bibliographic references: | |
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Caryophyllaceae Vol. (59) 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) |