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Taxon: Alhagi maurorum Medik.

Genus: Alhagi
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Hedysareae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 2198
Place of publication: Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2:397. 1787
Comment: a nom. nov. for Hedysarum alhagi L.
Name verified on: 17-Nov-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Mar-2009
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
AZ(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, CA*, CA(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)°, CO(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*°, HI°, ID°, ID(as Alhagi camelorum)°, NM(as Alhagi camelorum)°, NM(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, NV(as Alhagi camelorum)°, NV(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, OR(as Alhagi camelorum)°, OR(as Alhagi pseudalhagi)*, TX(as Alhagi camelorum)*, WA*, WA(as Alhagi camelorum)°, WY°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [s.]
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    China: China [n.w.]
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
  • Awmack, C. S. & J. M. Lock. 2002. The genus Alhagi (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) in the Middle East. Kew Bull. 57:440–441.
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [in part = A. mannifera Desv.].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [excluding synonymy].
  • Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild) [= A. camelorum].
  • Gruenberg-Fertif & Zoh. 1970. Israel J. Bot. 19:294.
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963–. Plantae asiae centralis. (F CAsia)
  • Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). (Leg US)
  • Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. (F SAust)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. (Leg WAsia)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,. economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). (Kuwait Pl)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [in part = A. pseudalhagi (M. Bieb.) Desv.].
  • Rollins, R. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89:297.
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq) [a nom. ambig. = A. camelorum Fisch.].
  • Watson, J. F. 1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products. (Names Watson)
  • Yakovlev, G. P. 1979. Remarks on the taxonomy of the genus Alhagi Fabaceae (in Russian). Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 64:1798.
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Check other databases for Alhagi maurorum Medik.:

  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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