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Tamarix L.

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Tamarix L., Sp. Pl. 270-271 (1753)
Tamarix L.
Names_Fungi record source Tamarix

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
270-271
ICN
Tamarix L.
genus
Tamarix

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Tamarix L.

Shrubs or small trees. Lvs scale-like or ericoid, sheathing, with sunken salt-secreting glands. Fls pink or white, either borne in axillary spike-like racemes on the previous season's shoots or in terminal panicles on the current season's growth, sometimes on both. Sepals and petals 4-5. Stamens 4-15, sometimes partly antipetalous. Disc fleshy, nectar-secreting, 4-5-lobed. Styles 3-4, short. Seed with apical tuft of hairs.

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Tamarix L.
Tamarix
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Tamarix L.
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix L.
Tamarix
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. (2004)
Tamarix chinensis recorded

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Tamarix L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Tamarix L.
United Kingdom
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5db2cab2-9193-4d45-8bd6-696c1b116436
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 February 2014
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