Family:
Tamaricaceae Link
Genus:
Tamarix L.

Tamarix senegalensis DC.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Verde to Arabian Peninsula, Iran to Pakistan.

[FWTA]

Tamaricaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
A twiggy shrub or small tree
Ecology
Of maritime and dry inland sandy situations.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Gambia, Iran, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Sudan

Tamarix senegalensis DC. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Baumann. [s.n.], Senegal K000242681 Yes
Newby, J.E. [2P144], Niger K001134534 No
Bolle, C. [s.n.], Cape Verde K001134529 No
Ansell [s.n.], Cape Verde K001134530 Yes
Mac Gillivray, J. [124], Cape Verde K001134520 No
Vogel [7], Cape Verde K001134531 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [5], Cape Verde K001134518 No
Milne [s.n.], Cape Verde K001134517 No
Moseley [s.n.], Cape Verde K001134519 No
Beck [68], Cape Verde K001134533 No
Hooker, J.D. [271\40], Cape Verde K001134532 Yes
Oct 1, 1977 Schimper, W. [329], Jordan Tamarix mannifera K000318347 Yes
Oct 1, 1977 Schimper, W. [455], Jordan Tamarix mannifera K000318348 Yes
Bove, N. [257], Jordan Tamarix mannifera K000318349 Yes
Bove, N. [506], Jordan Tamarix mannifera K000318346 Yes

First published in Prodr. 3: 96 (1828)

Accepted by

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Niedenzu in E. & P. Pfianzenfam. 21: 287 (1925).
  • Prod. 3: 96 (1828)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Schiman-Czeika, H. (1964). Flora Iranica 4: 1-17. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

Flora of Somalia

  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.

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