Taxon: Tamarix chinensis Lour.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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:

CA*, CO*, ND*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Chinese tamarisk   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• cheng liu   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• kinesisk tamarisk   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3; Dict Gard; F Eur)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong
  Eastern Asia: Korea

• naturalized elsewhere

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [s.-c. & s.w.]
• also cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java.
• Baum, B. R. & M. Zohary. 1966. Monographic revision of the genus Tamarix. Final research report for the United States Department of Agriculture. 84.
• Baum, B. R. 1978. The genus Tamarix. 93.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea.
• 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.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tamarix chinensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tamarix chinensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tamarix chinensis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Tamarix juniperina Bunge
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Tamarix chinensis Lour.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Tamarix chinensis cultivars
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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