Morphological Characteristics of Endemic Species of Araceae to Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya (Field Simulation)

Sami Mohammed Salih¹ , Ahmed Amrajaa Abdulrraziq²

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Vol.11 , Issue.1 , pp.21-25, Feb-2024

Online published on Feb 28, 2024

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Abstract :
Flora of Libya database includes about 168 plant families that need to be updated periodically. This review is submitted as a modern field simulation of Araceae species endemic herbaceous to Libya. This study included field visits to ten sites in Al-Jabal Akhdar region, an inventory of species belonging to Araceae, a comparison was made between our study`s morphological measurements and those found in flora of Libya. This Study revealed a distribution of three herbaceous species belonging to Araceae in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar represented by (Arisarum vulgare, Arum cyrenaicum and Biarum bovei). Biarum bovei was the least found species by 40%. The results of the morphological study also showed some discrepancies, especially in morphological measurements such as plant height, number of leaves and some floral characteristics (length of spathe and spadix), which may have high taxonomic values in identification and classification of the members of Araceae.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Araceae, Flora of Libya, Morphogical Characterization, Field simulation

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