Genus: Tamarix (tamarisks)
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> Order: Caryophyllales
About 50-60 species, with one species of
Tamarix that is native to southern Africa, four species
that are naturalised, and a further three species that are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Tamarix gallica (French
tamarisk)
Native to western Europe. |
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Tamarix indica
Native from Afghanistan to Bangladesh. |
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Tamarix tetrandra
Native from Russia to Syria. |
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