Pycnocycla caespitosa Boiss. & Hausskn.

This species is native to Arabian Peninsula, extending northwards to SW Iran. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 5 known species of Pycnocycla found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Spiny shrub ; up to 30 cm high . Stems and branches intricate , many arising from the base , grey-green , pubescent to glabrous . Leaves rigid , divided into 3-5 spine-tipped segments up to 5 cm ; petiole up to 5 cm , sheathing at the base , pubescent . Inflorescences in congested terminal umbels , 10-11 mm in diameter , with the outer flowers male and the inner hermaphrodite ; rays many ; peduncle ± 3 mm ; bracts 5-7 , 5-6 mm long , spine-like , densely pubescent ; bracteoles 4-5 , linear , spin-like , densely pubescent . Flowers purple-pink ; calyx minute ; petals purple with white margins , ± 1 mm , emarginate ; styles 2 , distinct . Fruit ±5 mm , ovoid , pilose . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Rare & Threatened (RT) - Vulnerable (VU D1+2) - National Assessment

الوفرة


Rare

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Chamaesciadium cespitosum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) M.Hiroe

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Not known

الأسماء المحلية


shakhas (also used for Ochradenus arabicus, Pycnocycla prostrata and Pycnocycla aucheriana) (Northern Oman)
kaf al farkh, teshah (Musandam)
mujayzilah

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet.

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.smmtc.org *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

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