| Tamarix usneoides E. Mey. ex Bunge |
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| Family : TAMARICACEAE |
| Protologue : Tent. Gen. Tamar. 74 (1852) |
| Information on the genus : Tamarix |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Tamarix angolensis Nied. (1931) |
| =Tamarix austro-africana Schinz (1894) |
| =Tamarix engleri Arendt (1926) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Copiously branched shrub or tree, to 5 m high, with a deep taproot and spreading superficial roots from which adventive buds may give rise to new plants; upper branchlets congested, pendulous, giving the tree a plumose appearance; monoecious or diocous |
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| Ecology : |
Dry sandy areas with subterranean, often saline water, such as salt pans and riverbanks; often the dominant tree of the community; gregarious. Namibia (quite common in the low-lying western desert area: sandy riverbeds and brackish shallow pans) |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht 0.6 - 6.09 m. Alt 90 - 1370 m. Distribution: NAM, EC, NC, WC |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°94951 modified 2007-01-24 |
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