Taxon: Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.

• 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*, NE*°, OR*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• pink tamarisk   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• salt-cedar   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English
  
• perstamarisk   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• höst-tamarisk   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; F USSR; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Gansu, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang [w.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan [w.]
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: Namibia; South Africa - Northern Cape, Western Cape
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina

• also cultivated

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).
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. [cultivated].
• Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
• Baum, B. R. & M. Zohary. 1966. Monographic revision of the genus Tamarix. Final research report for the United States Department of Agriculture. 42.
• Baum, B. R. 1978. The genus Tamarix. 40.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Grubov, V. I. 2001. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia.
• 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.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• 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.
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• 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 ramosissima.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tamarix ramosissima.

Synonyms:

• (=) Tamarix pallasii var. brachystachys Bunge
  
• (=) Tamarix pentandra Pall.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)

Check other web resources for Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Tamarix ramosissima 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.

Images:

• Flower: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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