Tamarix amplexicaulis Ehrenb.

First published in Linnaea 2: 275 (1827)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Sahara to Syria and Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Tamarix balansae J.Gay in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 322 (1889)
Tamarix balansae var. longipes Maire & Trab. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 36 (1931)
Tamarix balansae var. microstyla Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 410 (1938)
Tamarix balansae var. squarrosa Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 335 (1939)
Tamarix pauciovulata J.Gay in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 322 (1889)
Tamarix trabutii Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 35 (1931)

Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Guinea, E. (1948). Catálogo razonado de las plantas del Sáhara Español. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 8: 357-429.
Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.

IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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