| Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Asch. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Cymodocea major (Willd.) Grande, it is a perennial herbs rhizomatous submerged hydrogeophyte, Dioecious, rhizome 70-80 cm × 2-3 mm. Nodes pink, regularly spaced, intervals 3-7 cm long, The root is single at each node, unbranched. Leaves 2-5, green, linear, 10-20 cm × 1.5-2 mm, with 7-9 veins; with spiny extension on the edge towards the tip, scabbard 2-14 cm long blunt tip. Male flower, stamens 2, each long, pcdicellcd, anthers, 2-celled, Yellow, red dotted. 15 mm long with filiform pollen grains. Female flowers, 1-(2)-carpcllate, syncarpous, ovary 8-10 mm long, mature ones somewhat compressed and keeled, sessile or stipitate: styles and stigmas filiform. Fruit a 1-seeded nut let, is roundish, 6-7 mm long, with short pointed protrusions. Life Form: Hy, Flowering in: Jun-Jul, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit., Macaronesia to W. Tropical Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya/
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:602935-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/602935-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000764882, https://www.gbif.org/species/5328492, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/124839/cymodocea-nodosa-ucria-asch, https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145793, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/93774/tab/fiche, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CYMNOD/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_cymodonod.php, https://hal.science/hal-02164658/document, https://www.phrygana.eu/Flora/Cymodoceaceae/Cymodocea-nodosa/Cymodocea-nodosa.html, https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Cymodocea_nodosa.htm |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jafarah Plain |
| Ghote El Rman, (25 km) E. of Tripoli 1973 Tripoli 1974 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Cymodoceaceae Vol. (73) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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