Herbaria

Family

Amaranthaceae s.l.

subfamily

Camphorosmoideae

Genus

Bassia All.

Species

Bassia muricata (L.) Asch.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.) Asch.

citation

in Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 1:187 (1867)

herbariaSynonyms

Salsola muricata L.

DiagnosticCharacters

Blue green plants, densely hairy, upto 70 cm, leaves linear-narrow elliptic, inflorescence spicate, 1-3 flowers, fruiting spines longer than the disc

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

MNF (Mm)

CAI( Mm- Ms- Nv- Ra- Ol- On- Dg-Di)

SCUI (Ms-Dg-Di-S)

CAIRC (Mm- Ms- Ol-On-Di-Dg- S)

ALEX (Mm)

CAIA (Nv-Rz-Mm)

TANE (Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

MNF

CAI

SCUI

CAIRC

ALEX

CAIA

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

SCUI (19)

MNF (1)

CAIRC (19)

CAI (300)

ALEX (1)

CAIA (14)

TANE (23)

Habitat

Sandy plains

FlFrperiod

March-May

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Ghobberia غبيره

Layya ليه

Haythaam هيثام

EnglishName

Brickly Bassia

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

N. Africa, E. Mediterranean, Arabia to Iran

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15