Summer tamarisk

Summer tamarisk
	Summer tamarisk ( Tamarix africana )
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Tamarisk family (Tamaricaceae)
Genre :	Tamarisk ( Tamarix )
Type :	Summer tamarisk
Scientific name
	Tamarix africana
	Poir.

The African tamarisk also summer tamarisk ( Tamarix africana , Syn .: Tamarix hispanica ) is a species of the tamarisk ( Tamarix ) in the family of the tamarisk plants (Tamaricaceae).

features

The summer tamarisk is a deciduous, hardy small tree or shrub and therefore a macrophanerophyte . The inflorescences are on average 1 cm thick with hermaphroditic white flowers that grow on older woody branches. This distinguishes them from the similar species Tamarix anglica and Tamarix canariensis , whose inflorescences grow from young, non-woody branches.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.

Occurrence and distribution

The summer tamarisk grows in wetlands affected by brackish water near the littoral and on the Ramblas . It blooms from March to May. The summer tamarisk has a western Mediterranean range that extends from southwest Europe to North Africa. It occurs in the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.

source

Tamarix africana . In:Herbari Virtual del Mediterrani Occidental. Universidad de las Islas Baleares,accessed October 11, 2012(Spanish).

Individual evidence

↑ Peter and Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 , page 344
^ Tamarix africana at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Tamarix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

Web links

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[1] Peter and Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 , page 344

[IPCN-2] Tamarix africana at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[GRIN-3] Tamarix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved August 4, 2017.