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Feuilles [(8)18-40(50) \u00d7 (4)6-12(17) mm] oppos\u00e9es, elliptiques \u00e0 elliptique-lanc\u00e9ol\u00e9es, \u00e0 bord cr\u00e9nel\u00e9-dent\u00e9 et sommet obtus, coriaces, \u00e0 p\u00e9tiole de 4-8(10) mm ; elles pr\u00e9sentent 2 glandes \u00e0 la base du limbe et une autre terminale sur chacune des dents; stipules de 1-1,5 \u00d7 0,2-0,3 mm, membraneuses, persistantes, verd\u00e2tres, \u00e9troitement triangulaires. Inflorescences spiciformes terminales de jusqu\u2019\u00e0 5 cm, \u00e0 p\u00e9doncule de 2-3 cm, au sein desquelles se concentrent les fleurs m\u00e2les (6-8) en petits glom\u00e9rules, dispos\u00e9s autour des fleurs femelles, ces derni\u00e8res solitaires ou group\u00e9es en verticilles de 2-5. Fleurs sans p\u00e9tales, verd\u00e2tres. S\u00e9pales : 3, de <em>c<\/em>. 1,5 mm, largement ov\u00e9s, glabres, soud\u00e9s \u00e0 la base. \u00c9tamines : 8-25. Ovaire \u00e0 2(3-4) carpelles; styles divergents, papilleux. Le fruit est une capsule subglobuleuse [(2,5)3-3,5 \u00d7 3,5-4 mm], glabre, \u00e0 2(3-4) m\u00e9ricarpes monospermes et p\u00e9dicelle de 10(20) mm. Graines (2,2-2,5 \u00d7 1,8-2 mm) largement ovo\u00efdes, lisses, gris fonc\u00e9, caroncul\u00e9es. Les photos montrent la var. <em>trichogyna<\/em>\u00a0 Maire &amp; Wilczek \u00e0 ovaire et capsule hispides sur le dos des coques de poils aigus, blanch\u00e2tres, \u00e9paissis \u00e0 la base (Vindt, 1953).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","short_name":"Mercurialis elliptica","name_html":"<strong>Mercurialis elliptica<\/strong> Poir.","short_description":"","common_names":"","other_name":"<em>Ang.<\/em>: Dog's mercury.","flowering":"janvier-juillet.","fruiting":"avril-septembre.","habitat":"Terrains acides, sableux et rocheux-sableux, depuis le niveau de la mer jusqu'\u00e0 environ 500 m d'altitude, en milieu semi-aride \u00e0 humide.","distribution":"End\u00e9mique ib\u00e9ro-maghr\u00e9bine. S.-O. de la p\u00e9ninsule ib\u00e9rique et N. du Maroc (Moyen Atlas, Haut Atlas et Anti-Atlas occidental).","observations":"L\u2019autre esp\u00e8ce du genre pr\u00e9sente dans la r\u00e9gion susceptible d'\u00eatre prise en consid\u00e9ration en raison de son port et de sa lignification est <strong>M. reverchonii <\/strong>Rouy, \u00e0 base ligneuse mais tiges g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement herbac\u00e9es, feuilles oppos\u00e9es, nettement p\u00e9tiol\u00e9es, et fruits \u00e0 seulement 2 coques ; elle se diff\u00e9rencie bien d\u2019autre part par les poils hirsutes qui la recouvrent et ses feuilles ov\u00e9es ou ov\u00e9es-lanc\u00e9ol\u00e9es. Il s\u2019agit \u00e9galement d\u2019une esp\u00e8ce end\u00e9mique ib\u00e9ro-maghr\u00e9bine du S.-O. de la p\u00e9ninsule ib\u00e9rique et du N. du Maroc.","conservation":"Esp\u00e8ces \u00e0 aire de r\u00e9partition restreinte, mais qui ne semblent pas menac\u00e9es. Elles ne sont actuellement pas \u00e9valu\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle mondiale dans la Liste rouge des esp\u00e8ces de l\u2019UICN. Dans le Livre Rouge de la flore vasculaire du Maroc (Fennane, 2021), <em>M. elliptica<\/em> a \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme Quasi menac\u00e9e (NT) et <em>M. reverchonii <\/em>comme Vuln\u00e9rable (VU).","genus":[{"short_name":"Mercurialis","name_html":"<strong>Mercurialis<\/strong> L.","short_description":"","references":"","custom_author":"F.J. P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda & J.F. Mota Poveda.","family":{"10820":{"name_html":"<strong>EUPHORBIACEAE <\/strong>Juss.","short_name":"EUPHORBIACEAE","short_description":"","references":"Pax, F., 1890. <em>Euphorbiaceae<\/em>. in Engler, H.G.A. &amp; Prantl, K.A.E.. Die Nat\u00fcrlinchen Pflanzenfamilien 3(5): 1-119. Leipzig.\r\n\r\nPax, F. &amp; Hoffmann, K., 1931. <em>Euphorbiaceae<\/em>. in Engler, H.G.A. &amp; Prantl, K.A.E. Die Nat\u00fcrlinchen Pflanzenfamilien. \u00e9d. 2, 19 c: 11-233. Leipzig, Berlin.\r\n\r\nVindt, J., 1953. <em>Monographie des Euphorbiac\u00e9es du Maroc<\/em>. <em>Premi\u00e8re partie (R\u00e9vision et syst\u00e9matique).<\/em> Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Ch\u00e9rifien. 6,\u00a0S\u00e9rie Botanique 2: 1-217. Rabat (Tanger).\r\n\r\nVindt, J. 1960. <em>Monographie des Euphorbiac\u00e9es du Maroc<\/em>. <em>Deuxi\u00e8me partie. Anatomie.<\/em> Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Ch\u00e9rifien. S\u00e9rie Botanique 19: 1-340. Rabat (Tanger).\r\n\r\nWebster, G.L., 1994. <em>Euphorbiaceae <\/em>: <em>Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden<\/em>, 81: 3-32.","custom_author":"F.J. P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda & J.F. Mota Poveda.","genuses":[{"ID":"11637","post_author":"1","post_date":"2020-11-10 09:01:52","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-10 09:01:52","post_content":"Genre comprenant 9 esp\u00e8ces dont 4 sont pr\u00e9sentes dans le N. de l\u2019Afrique. 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Elle atteint sa plus grande diversit\u00e9 dans les r\u00e9gions tropicales et subtropicales. Les esp\u00e8ces qui la composent sont tr\u00e8s vari\u00e9es : arbres, arbustes ou plantes herbac\u00e9es, pouvant \u00eatre dress\u00e9es, rampantes ou grimpantes, et d'aspects tr\u00e8s divers : dens\u00e9ment feuillues ou cactiformes, avec ou sans \u00e9pines. Dans le N. de l\u2019Afrique, la famille est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par trois genres autochtones, parmi lesquels on retrouve quelques sous-arbrisseaux. 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Feuilles [(8)18-40(50) \u00d7 (4)6-12(17) mm] oppos\u00e9es, elliptiques \u00e0 elliptique-lanc\u00e9ol\u00e9es, \u00e0 bord cr\u00e9nel\u00e9-dent\u00e9 et sommet obtus, coriaces, \u00e0 p\u00e9tiole de 4-8(10) mm ; elles pr\u00e9sentent 2 glandes \u00e0 la base du limbe et une autre terminale sur chacune des dents; stipules de 1-1,5 \u00d7 0,2-0,3 mm, membraneuses, persistantes, verd\u00e2tres, \u00e9troitement triangulaires. Inflorescences spiciformes terminales de jusqu\u2019\u00e0 5 cm, \u00e0 p\u00e9doncule de 2-3 cm, au sein desquelles se concentrent les fleurs m\u00e2les (6-8) en petits glom\u00e9rules, dispos\u00e9s autour des fleurs femelles, ces derni\u00e8res solitaires ou group\u00e9es en verticilles de 2-5. Fleurs sans p\u00e9tales, verd\u00e2tres. S\u00e9pales : 3, de <em>c<\/em>. 1,5 mm, largement ov\u00e9s, glabres, soud\u00e9s \u00e0 la base. \u00c9tamines : 8-25. Ovaire \u00e0 2(3-4) carpelles; styles divergents, papilleux. Le fruit est une capsule subglobuleuse [(2,5)3-3,5 \u00d7 3,5-4 mm], glabre, \u00e0 2(3-4) m\u00e9ricarpes monospermes et p\u00e9dicelle de 10(20) mm. Graines (2,2-2,5 \u00d7 1,8-2 mm) largement ovo\u00efdes, lisses, gris fonc\u00e9, caroncul\u00e9es. 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