Tamarix smyrnensis

Tamarix smyrnensis
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Tamarisk family (Tamaricaceae)
Genre :	Tamarisk ( Tamarix )
Type :	Tamarix smyrnensis
Scientific name
	Tamarix smyrnensis
	Bunge

Tamarix smyrnensis is a species of the tamarisk ( Tamarix )genus.

features

Tamarix smyrnensis is a shrub or tree that reaches heights of 2 to 4 meters. The bark is reddish brown to brown. The flowers are five-fold. The petals are keeled. The stamens sit between the lobes of the nectar disc. The upper bracts are more or less membranous and triangular-kite-shaped.

Flowering time is from April to June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.

Occurrence

Tamarix smyrnensis occurs in the eastern Mediterranean and the Orient. Its distribution area includes Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, European Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The species grows on river banks and sandy coasts.

Taxonomy

A synonym for Tamarix smyrnensis Bunge is Tamarix Hohenackeri Bunge .

literature

Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 200 .

Individual evidence

↑ Tamarix smyrnensis 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.

[IPCN-1] Tamarix smyrnensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[GRIN-2] Tamarix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved August 4, 2017.