Polycarpaea repens (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.Species
  • Status
  • NAaccepted, NF (present)
  • TAaccepted, NF (present)
  • Map
  • 1000 km
    1000 mi
    Leaflet © CJBG
  • Ecology and Distribution :
  • Tropical Africa
    Biology :
    Perennial herb with numerous prostrate to ascending, branched, but usually less than 15 cm, stems often trailing and rooting
    Ecology :
    Sand. N Africa; Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Iraq.
  • Bibliography22
  • BATTANDIER, J.A & L.C. TRABUT (1888). Flore de l'Algérie [Dicot] - : 164 — under: Polycarpaea fragilis Delile 
    BONNET, E. & BARRATTE, J. F.G. (1896). Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie. Catalogue Raisonne des Plantes Vasculaires de la Tunisie. - : 64 — under: Polycarpaea fragilis Delile 
    PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae - Firenze: 76 — under: Polycarpaea fragilis Delile
    PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. - : 187 — under: Polycarpaea fragilis Delile 
    JAHANDIEZ, E. & R. MAIRE (1932). . Catalogue des Plantes du Maroc (Spermatophytes et Ptéridophytes). Alger. vol. 2 : 212 — under: Polycarpaea fragilis Delile 
    Étud. Fl. Vég. Sahara Cental (1933) 
    Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 983 (1941). 
    Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 321 (1962). 
    Fl. Afrique N. 9: 78 (1963). 
    Cat. Pl. Niger 63 (1976)
    Fl. Libya 59: 27 (1978).
    Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 100 (1979).
    Fl. Sahara (ed. 2) : 210 (1983).
    Med-Checklist 1: 241 (1984).
    Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 81 (1999).
    Fl. Prat. Maroc 1: 195 (1999).
    Le Hoggar, promenade botanique 244 (2004)
    Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 124 (2005)
    Fl. Tunisie (Le Floc'h & Boulos) : 146 (2008). 
    Pl. Sudan Checklist 274 (2015)
    Flore ill. Tchad 298 (2019) 
    Fl. ill. Burkina Faso & Mali: 450 (2024)
More info on :
Jstor_African Plant Initiative The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base POWO - Plants of the world Online World Flora online Herbarium, North Africa MPU efloramaghreb
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