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Calligonum

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Calligonum

Rank
  
Genus

Subfamily
  
Polygonoideae

Higher classification
  
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Similar
  
Calligonum polygonoides, Haloxylon, Polygonaceae, Calligonum comosum, Alhagi

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Calligonum is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 80 species across the Mediterranean Sea region, Asia and North America.

Contents

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Characteristics

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Plants of the Calligonum genus are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, with flexuous woody branches. Leaves are simple, opposite, nearly sessile, linear or scale-like, sometimes absent or very small, linear or filiform, distinct or united with short membranous ochreae. Flowers are bisexual, solitary or in loose axillary inflorescences. Flowers have persistent, 5-parted perianths not accrescent in fruit, and 10-18 stamens with filaments connate at the base. The ovary is tetragonous.

Systematics

The species include:

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  • Calligonum aphyllum
  • Calligonum arborescens
  • Calligonum alaschanicum
  • Calligonum bakuense
  • Calligonum calliphysa
  • Calligonum caput-medusae
  • Calligonum chinense
  • Calligonum colubrinum
  • Calligonum comosum
  • Calligonum cordatum
  • Calligonum crinitum
  • Calligonum comosum
  • Calligonum densum
  • Calligonum ebinuricum
  • Calligonum elegans
  • Calligonum gobicum
  • Calligonum jeminaicum
  • Calligonum junceum
  • Calligonum klementzii
  • Calligonum korlaense
  • Calligonum leucocladum
  • Calligonum microcarpum
  • Calligonum mongolicum
  • Calligonum polygonoides
  • Calligonum potanini
  • Calligonum pumilum
  • Calligonum roborowskii
  • Calligonum rouqiangense
  • Calligonum rubicundum
  • Calligonum squarrosum
  • Calligonum trifarium
  • Calligonum yengisaricum
  • Calligonum zaidamense

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    References

    Calligonum Wikipedia