Keywords
Solanaceae
Wild tomato
Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa
How to Cite
Number of views: 43
Number of downloads: 25
Abstract
Physalis angulata has been discovered and recorded for the first time in the flora of Libya. This species was collected from the Bilash′har region belonging to the city of Tajura, about 20 km east of Tripoli. P. angulata is easily identified by its small yellow flowers without central dark spots in the center, and by pedulus globose berry enclosed within an inflated bladdery fruiting calyx. Detailed descriptions, photographs, habitat and ecology are provided for easy identification, and to facilitate further identification of this species and to warrant its future detection.
References
Al-Ellagi S. 2012, New record Physalis angulata (Solanaceae) to the Flora of Iraq. J Sci Univ Al-Nahreen.15(4): 31-42.
Arenas P. & Kamienkowski N. 2013. Ethnobotany of the genus Physalis L. (Solanaceae) in the South American Gran Chaco. Candollea 68(2): 251-266.
Bean A. R. 2007. A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Aust Syst Bot 20: 1-43.
Correl D. S. & Johnston M. C. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas, pp. 1387-1391. Texas Research Foundation, Renner, Texas.
Fedorov A. A. 1969. Chromosome Numbers of Flowering Plants. 926 pp. Academy of Science of USSR, Moscow.
Gleason H. A. 1958. The New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Vol. 3, Second edition, pp. 193-199.
Gonen O., Yildirim A. & Uygur F. N. 2000. New Record for the Flora of Turkey Physalis angulata L. (Solanaceae). Turk J Bot. 24: 299-301.
Hedrick U. P. 1919. Sturtevant’s notes on edible plants. State of New York Department of Agriculture 2, II. J. b. Lyon Company, State Printers. Albany.
Hunziker A. T. 2001. Genera Solanacearum. The genera of Solana ceae illustrated, arranged according to a new system. Gantner Verlag. Ruggell.
Jepson W. L. 1951. A manual of the Flowering Plants of California. California Press. Berkeley and Los Angeles. p. 893-894.
Keith H. G. 1965. Libyan Flora. Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Rerorm. Libyan Arab Republic.
Kelly K., Quinn L., Steve C., Kirsten B., Hillary L., Mark C. & Barbara N. T. 2012. The Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Wild Tomatillos, Physalis longifolia Nutt., and Related Physalis Species: A Review. Economic Botany 20(10): 1-13.
Kindscher K., Long Q., Corbett S., Bosnak K., Loring H., Cohen M. & Timmermann B. N. 2012. The Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Wild Tomatillos, Physalis longifolia Nutt., and Related Physalis Species: A Review1. Economic Botany, pp. 1-13.
Mahalakshmi A. M & Nidavani R. B. 2014. Physalis Angulata L.: An Ethanopharmacological Review. Indo American Journal Of Pharmaceutical Research. 4(3): 1479-1486.
Mahklouf M. H. 2016. A New Record Physalis angulata L. (Solanaceae) for the Flora of Syria. American Journal of Life Science Researches. 2(1): 9-11.
Martínez M. 1998. Revision of Physalis section Epeteiorhiza (Solanaceae). Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Auton. Mexico, Bot. 69: 71-117.
Martínez M. 1999. Infrageneric taxonomy of Physalis. In: M. Nee, D. E. Symon, R. N. Lester & J. P. Jessop (eds.). Solanaceae IV, pp. 275-283. Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens.
National Research Council. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas: Little-Known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation, pp. 240-251. National Academic Press. Washington.
Rengifo-Salgado E. & Vargas-Arana G. 2013. Physalis angulata L. (Bolsa Mullaca): A Review of its Traditional Uses, Chemistry and Pharmacology. Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas 12(5): 431-445.
Samuels J. 2015. Biodiversity of Food Species of the Solanaceae Family: A Preliminary Taxonomic Inventory of Subfamily Solanoideae. Resources 4: 277-322.
Siddiqi M. A. 1978. Flora of Libya (Solanaceae). Al-Faateh University, Faculty od Sciences. Vol 62: 29-30.
Sultana N., Hassan M. A., Begum M. & Sultana M. 2008. Physalis angulata L. (Solanaceae) – A New Angiospermic Record For Bangladesh. Bangladesh J Bot 37(2): 195-198.
Tackholm V. 1974. Students flora of Egypt. 2nd ed. Beirut: Cooperative Printing Co.
Toledo J. M. 2013. Physalis victoriana (Solanaceae) a new species from Northern Argentina. Phytotaxa 124(1): 60-64.
Toledo J. M. & Barboza G. E. 2005. Novedades en Physalis (Solanaceae). Kurtziana 31: 69-85.
Raju S. V., Reddy C. S & Rajarao K. G. 2007. The myth of “minima” and “maxima”, the species of Physalis in the Indian Subcontinent. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45(2): 239-245.
Von Mueller B. F. 1895. Select Extra-Tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial, Culture or Naturalisation. Robert Drain, Government Printer, Melbourne, Australia.