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Calligonum
Calligonum is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 41 species native to Northern Africa, Western, South, and Central Asia, and central China.
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Calligonum aphyllum
speciesCalligonum aphyllum

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speciesCalligonum comosum

Calligonum mongolicum
speciesCalligonum mongolicum

Calligonum polygonoides
speciesCalligonum polygonoides

Calligonum leucocladum
speciesCalligonum leucocladum

Calligonum caput-medusae
speciesCalligonum caput-medusae

Calligonum junceum
speciesCalligonum junceum

Calligonum crinitum
speciesCalligonum crinitum

Calligonum ebinuricum
speciesCalligonum ebinuricum

Calligonum litwinowii
speciesCalligonum litwinowii

Calligonum eriopodum
speciesCalligonum eriopodum

Calligonum azel
speciesCalligonum azel
Calligonum rubicundum
speciesCalligonum rubicundum
Calligonum murex
speciesCalligonum murex

Calligonum zakirovii
speciesCalligonum zakirovii
Calligonum matteianum
speciesCalligonum matteianum
Calligonum taklimakanense
speciesCalligonum taklimakanense
Calligonum alatosetosum
speciesCalligonum alatosetosum
Calligonum trifarium
speciesCalligonum trifarium
Calligonum calvescens
speciesCalligonum calvescens
Calligonum klementzii
speciesCalligonum klementzii
Calligonum laristanicum
speciesCalligonum laristanicum
Calligonum schizopterum
speciesCalligonum schizopterum
Calligonum spinosetosum
speciesCalligonum spinosetosum
Calligonum tetrapterum
speciesCalligonum tetrapterum
Calligonum macrocarpum
speciesCalligonum macrocarpum
Calligonum triste
speciesCalligonum triste
Calligonum setosum
speciesCalligonum setosum
Calligonum bakuense
speciesCalligonum bakuense
Calligonum arborescens
speciesCalligonum arborescens
Calligonum santoanum
speciesCalligonum santoanum
Calligonum acanthopterum
speciesCalligonum acanthopterum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146995.
