| Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla / Homotypic Synonyms: Scirpus maritimus L., it is a perennial or helophyte herb 0,4-1,2 m tall, rhizome stiff, spreading, richly branched with cormose swellings; stem base swollen; stem sharply trigonous, 0,2-1 cm, lower half with green leaf sheaths with brown slightly hairy throat, leaves shorter to longer than stem, blades flat, 2,5-4 cm long, 0,5-1 cm wide, scabrid on keel and margins. Inflorescences 2-3, compound, open, each with 20-50 golden brown to reddish brown spikelets 5-6 mm long; achene subtrigonous, convex-sided, with 3(2) style branches. Achenes medium to dark brown, rarely yellowish or whitish, obovoid, biconvex, or concave-sided, 2.3–4.1 × 1.9–2.8 mm. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-Des, Vern: Dis, Smar, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Temp. & Subtropical. Notes: Wild in Libya/
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298094-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/298094-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000341695, https://www.gbif.org/species/2718307, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/186122/bolboschoenus-maritimus-l-palla, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=8023, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/bolboschoenus/maritimus/, https://portal.wiktrop.org/species/show/380, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=508023 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Gubba, Ain Mara, El-Hania 1934 Barce to Tolmeta 1939 El-kouf area 1984 El-Hamamah toBiada 2003 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout | Vegetation an elevation in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2003 |
| ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands. |
