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| Family : SALVADORACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 122 (1753) |
| Information on the genus : Salvadora |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Salvadora persica L. var. persica |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Lauridia multiflora Engl. (1889) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Salvadora persica L. var. persica |
| Salvadora persica var. angustifolia Verdc. |
| Salvadora persica var. crassifolia Verdc. |
| Salvadora persica var. cyclophylla (Chiov.) Cufod. |
| Salvadora persica var. parviflora Verdc. |
| Salvadora persica var. pubescens Brenan (1949) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Evergreen unarmed bushy shrub or (sometimes) tree 0,6-9 m tall, often broader than high, glabrous or pubescent, much branched, sometimes emitting an unpleasant odour; stems grey or whitish; bark brown, slightly rough; branches widely spreading[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Dry locations, most often along rivers, wadis, luggas, lakes or wells; dry (Acacia) bushland, (wooded) grassland, fringing Acacia-Commiphora woodland; dense thorn scrub and thickets, associated with Capparaceae […] |
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Very variable but “the variation is difficult to express in a hierarchy of names” (Verdcourt, Kew Bull. 19: 147, 1964). Certain characters are correlated with amount of rainfall. Verdcourt (l. c.) retained 6 varieties in Africa (see below), […] |
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Morocco,S Algeria,Libya (“seems to be extinct …[…]),Egypt,Sinai;Namibia,Caprivi strip,Botswana,NE S.Africa;Socotra,Saudi Arabia,UAE,Yemen,Oman,Israel,Syria,Jordan;S Iran,Pakistan,NW India,Sri Lanka to China. |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. 577p., 6pl. [p.364]
- SAUVAGE, Ch. (1949). Les reliques de la Flore tropicale au Maroc. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 29: [117-130]
- QUÉZEL, P. & S. SANTA (1963). NOUVELLE FLORE DE L'ALGÉRIE et des régions désertiques méridionales. vol. [2] CNRS., Paris. [p.737]
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1976). Flora of Libya. Al Faateh University. Tripoli. [p.3]
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, 622p. [p.366]
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. [p.317]
- BOULOS, L. (2000). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 2] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.81]
- FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: [357]
- FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2007). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.2] Fl. Prat. Maroc 2: [205]
Bibliography other :
- SAHKI, A. & R.SAHKI (2004). Le Hoggar, promenade botanique Esope Eds. [p.68]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°153391 modified 2007-01-22 |
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