Taxon:
Tamarix aphylla (L.) H. Karst.
Summary
Place of publication:
Deut. Fl. 641. 1882
Verified:
05/29/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
athel tamarisk – athel-pine – atheltree – desert tamarix – salt-cedar – Afrikaans
woestyntamarisk – French
tamaris – German
Tamariske – India
farash – Spanish
taray –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Delhi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Haryana | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Kuwait | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | ****** | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mauritania, Senegal
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran (s.)
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi], Pakistan
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Kuwait
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iraq, ******, Jordan
Naturalized
Africa
Australasia
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Jalisco]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
charcoal (fide Firewood Cr) – Materials
tannin/dyestuff (fide F India) – Medicines
folklore (fide F India) – Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec) –