Tamarix senegalensis
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|image =Tamarix Senegalensis a SP.jpg
|image_caption = Tamarix senegalensis in São Pedro, São Vicente, Cape Verde
|genus = Tamarix
|species = senegalensis
|authority = DC., 1828DC., In: Prod. 3: 96
}}
Tamarix senegalensis is a species of flowering plants of the Tamaricaceae family.{{cite book|last1=Roskov|first1=Y.|last2=Kunze|first2=T.|last3=Orrel|first3=T.|last4=Abucay|first4=L.|last5=Paglinawan|first5=L.|last6=Culham|first6=A.|last7=Bailly|first7=n.|last8=Kirk|first8=P.|last9=Bourgoin|first9=T.|last10=Baillargeon|first10=T.|last11=Decock|first11=W.|last12=De Wever|first12=A.|last13=Didžiulis|first13=V.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16870768|title="Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000|place=Reading, England|date=6 December 2014}} It is a tree or twiggy shrub, that grows in saline soil, sandy desert and sea-shore.{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=94961 |title= Tamarix sengalensis|access-date=27 January 2019 |work= Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva: African Plant Database}}
Description
Tamarix senegalensis is a large shrub, reaching 2–5 metres height. It has many small leaves. In Cape Verde it is called tarrafe, and the related name tarrafal has been given to a number of localities.[http://www.caboverde.com/nature/plan-59.jpg Planta Endemicas e arvores indigenas de Cabo Verde]
Distribution and ecology
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Tamarix senegalensis occurs on and near the coasts of northwestern Africa (Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal) and the Cape Verde islands.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/opencms8/export/sites/medioambiente/piac/galerias/descargas/Documentos/Publicaciones/Publicaciones-LPESCaboVerde.pdf Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.] Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 52
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite book|author=Schmidt, Johann Anton|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10587069|title= Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln|year=1852|page=296}}
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Category:Plants described in 1828
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