- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Alhagi Tourn. ex Gagnebin
Alhagi graecorum Boiss.

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- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Sahara regional transition zone: desert.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
- Vernacular
- Camelthorn, Manna Tree, Persian Manna Plant
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Yemen
Introduced into:
California, Mexico Northwest, Texas
Alhagi graecorum Boiss. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Heldreich, T.H.H. von [s.n.], Greece | K000262768 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Heldriech, T.H.H.von [s.n.], Greece | K000262769 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 114 (1849)
Accepted by
- von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-continuously updated). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.
Not accepted by
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève. [Cited as Alhagi maurorum subsp. graecorum.]
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Alhagi maurorum subsp. graecorum.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
- Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) (1989). Med-checklist 4: 1-458. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Quezel, P. & Santa, S. (1962). Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq. merid. 1
- Townsend, C. C. & Guest, E. (1974). Flora of Iraq. Vol. 3. Baghdad.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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