Alhagi

Alhagi maurorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Hedysareae
Genus: Alhagi
Species: A. brevispina – A. maurorum – A. nepalensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Alhagi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 01. Reference page.

Name

Alhagi Gagnebin, Acta Helv. Phys.-Math. 2: 59 (1755)

• Type species: A. maurorum Medik.

Synonyms

• Manna D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 246 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia & Africa Afghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Chad, China North-Central, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen Introduced into: California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, New South Wales, South Australia, Texas, Utah, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gagnebin, A. 1755. Observations faites sur le systeme des autheurs de botanique et sur l’Ophris Minima C.B. Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica 2: 56–75. BHL Reference page. 
• Yakovlev G.P., Egorova T.V., Goncharov M.Y. 2003. On typification of the genus Alhagi (Fabaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal (St. Petersburg) 88: 101–106.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Alhagi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Alhagi. Published online. Accessed: Feb 01 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Alhagi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Feb 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Alhagi. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 01. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: عاقول
čeština: Manovec
suomi: Kuropalot
polski: Bożodajnia
русский: Верблюжья колючка
中文: 骆驼刺属 中文

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