Tamarisks
Tamarix
The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tamaris River in Hispania Tarraconensis (Spain).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tamarix chinensis
complexTamarix chinensis
athel tamarisk
speciesTamarix aphylla
French tamarisk
speciesTamarix gallica
African Tamarisk
speciesTamarix africana
small-flowered tamarisk
speciesTamarix parviflora
Canary Islands tamarisk
speciesTamarix canariensis
Wild Tamarisk
speciesTamarix usneoides
Tamarix laxa
speciesTamarix laxa
Tamarix nilotica
speciesTamarix nilotica
Tamarix aucheriana
speciesTamarix aucheriana
Tamarix boveana
speciesTamarix boveana
Four-stamen Tamarisk
speciesTamarix tetrandra
Tamarix tetragyna
speciesTamarix tetragyna
Tamarix dalmatica
speciesTamarix dalmatica
Tamarix meyeri
speciesTamarix meyeri
Tamarix gracilis
speciesTamarix gracilis
Tamarix hohenackeri
speciesTamarix hohenackeri
Kashgar Tamarisk
speciesTamarix hispida
Tamarix senegalensis
speciesTamarix senegalensis
Tamarix jordanis
speciesTamarix jordanis
Tamarix hampeana
speciesTamarix hampeana
Tamarix amplexicaulis
speciesTamarix amplexicaulis
Red Tamarisk
speciesTamarix dioica
Tamarix elongata
speciesTamarix elongata
Tamarix ericoides
speciesTamarix ericoides
Tamarix smyrnensis
speciesTamarix smyrnensis
Indian Tamarisk
speciesTamarix indica
Tamarix szovitsiana
speciesTamarix szovitsiana
Tamarix minoa
speciesTamarix minoa
Tamarix austromongolica
speciesTamarix austromongolica
Tamarix octandra
speciesTamarix octandra
Tamarix karelinii
speciesTamarix karelinii
Tamarix passerinoides
speciesTamarix passerinoides
Tamarix leptostachya
speciesTamarix leptostachya
Tamarix arceuthoides
speciesTamarix arceuthoides
Tamarix aralensis
speciesTamarix aralensis
Tamarix gennessarensis
speciesTamarix gennessarensis
Tamarix pycnocarpa
speciesTamarix pycnocarpa
Tamarix litwinowii
speciesTamarix litwinowii
Tamarix arborea
speciesTamarix arborea
Tamarix macrocarpa
speciesTamarix macrocarpa
Tamarix palaestina
speciesTamarix palaestina
Tamarix rosea
speciesTamarix rosea
Tamarix kasahorum
speciesTamarix kasahorum
Tamarix gansuensis
speciesTamarix gansuensis
Tamarix florida
speciesTamarix florida
Tamarix kotschyi
speciesTamarix kotschyi
Tamarix androssowii
speciesTamarix androssowii
Tamarix humboldtiana
speciesTamarix humboldtiana
Tamarix sultanii
speciesTamarix sultanii
Tamarix stricta
speciesTamarix stricta
Tamarix sarenensis
speciesTamarix sarenensis
Tamarix salina
speciesTamarix salina
Tamarix sachensis
speciesTamarix sachensis
Tamarix negevensis
speciesTamarix negevensis
Tamarix mongolica
speciesTamarix mongolica
Tamarix kutchensis
speciesTamarix kutchensis
Tamarix kermanensis
speciesTamarix kermanensis
Tamarix jintaensis
speciesTamarix jintaensis
Tamarix dubia
speciesTamarix dubia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health
1507 · p.359
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.547
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.545
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.129
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1027
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.34
The Plants of Egypt
Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.40
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.45
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 32)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.74
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Tamarix in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 51305.