Calligonum leucocladum

Calligonum leucocladum
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Calligonum
Species:
C. leucocladum
Binomial name
Calligonum leucocladum
(Schrenk) Bunge[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Calligonum alatiformePavlov
  • Calligonum anfractuosumBunge
  • Calligonum aralenseI.G.Borshch.
  • Calligonum batiolaLitv.
  • Calligonum cordipterumDrobow
  • Calligonum elegansDrobow
  • Calligonum gracileLitv.
  • Calligonum integrumDrobow
  • Calligonum karakalpakenseDrobow
  • Calligonum leucocladum subsp. elegans(Drobow) Soskov
  • Calligonum lipskyiLitv.
  • Calligonum margelanicumDrobow
  • Calligonum obtusumLitv.
  • Calligonum parvulumDrobow
  • Calligonum patensLitv.
  • Calligonum physopterumPavlov
  • Calligonum plicatumPavlov
  • Pterococcus leucocladusSchrenk

Calligonum leucocladum (many synonyms including Calligonum elegans) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and to Xinjiang in China.[1] In Uzbekistan, it is limited to the Sokh River basin where it is endangered with a population fragmented by habitat loss from cutting and grazing.[2]

References

  1. ^ abc"Calligonum leucocladum (Schrenk) Bunge". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  2. ^Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian Regional Tree Red Listing Workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006). 2007. Calligonum elegans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007. Downloaded on 30 October 2015.