Research in Context
Tree species in the genus Tamarix
Tamarix spp
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix spp
Tamaricaceae
Distribution in Athens At some of the southern coastal suburbs of Athens.
Countries and regions (POWO Database)
Area of origin Africa, Meditteranean to Temperate & Southern Asia.
References on Tamarix spp
Books
Αραμπατζής, Θεόδωρος Ι. 2001.
Θάμνοι Και Δέντρα Στην Ελλάδα.
Δράμα: Οικολογική Κίνηση Δράμας.
Baumann Hellmutt, translated and revised by William T. & E.Ruth Stearn. 1993
Greek Wild Flowers and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece. ,
London. Herbert Press.
Baumann, Hellmutt . 1982
Die griechische Pflanzenwelt in Mythos, Kunst und Literatur.
Hirmer
Bean, W. J. 1863-1947.
Trees And Shrubs Hardy In the British Isles.
8th ed., fully revised;
Supplement by Desmond Clark (1988).
London: J. Murray, 19701980.
Dirr, Michael A. 2010.
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants : Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses. 6. ed., rev., [repr.].
Champaign, Illinois: Stipes.
Leonardi, Cesare, and Franca Stagi. 1982.
L’architettura Degli Alberi.
Milan
Sjöman, Henrik, and Anderson, Arit 2023.
The Essential Tree Selection Guide: For Climate Resilience, Carbon Storage, Species Diversity and Other Ecosystem Benefits.
London: Filbert Press
Strid, Arne, Stylianos Charalampidi, Panayotis Dimopoulos, and Thomas Raus. 2025.
Flora of the Athos Peninsula : Plant Life of the Holy Mountain.
Nicosia (Cyprus): Broken Hill Publishers LTD.
Théophraste, Suzanne Amigues, and Paul Bernard. 2010.
Recherches Sur Les Plantes À L’origine de La Botanique.
Paris: Belin.
Research Projects with Plant Species Selection Databases
Plante & Cité
Floriscope, n.d.
https://www.floriscope.io/
'Tamarix tetrandra'
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-tetrandra
'Tamarix ramosissima' and cultivars
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-ramosissima
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-ramosissima-pink-cascade
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-ramosissima-rubra
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-ramosissima-rosea
'Tamarix parviflora'
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-parviflora
'Tamarix gallica'
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-gallica
https://www.floriscope.io/plantes/tamarix-africana
Research Institutions
de Rigo, D., Enescu, C. M., Houston Durrant, T., Caudullo, G., 2016.
Quercus cerris in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats.
In: San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., de Rigo, D., Caudullo, G., Houston Durrant, T., Mauri, A. (Eds.), European Atlas of Forest Tree Species.
Publ. Off. EU, Luxembourg, pp. e01b479+
https://ies-ows.jrc.ec.europa.eu/efdac/download/Atlas/pdf/Quercus_cerris.pdf
Plant Species websites
Trees and Shrubs Online
Articles from the book by Bean, W. J.)
'Tamarix parviflora'
https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tamarix/tamarix-parviflora/
'Tamarix ramosissima'
https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tamarix/tamarix-ramosissima/
"Tamarix gallica" syn. "Tamarix aegyptiaca"
https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tamarix/tamarix-gallica/
New article for www.urbantreesclimate.org
'Tamarix chinensis'
https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tamarix/tamarix-chinensis/
SelecTree UFEI, Urban Forest Ecosystem Institute. California State Polytechnic University.
Select Tree, a Tree Selection Guide. (n.d.)
https://selectree.calpoly.edu/
https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/1379 (Tamarix aphylla)
https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/1382 (Tamarix parviflora)
Papers and Conference presentations
Tamar Zohary, Alla Alster, David Cummings, Amit Dolev, Werner Eckert, Gideon Gal, Avital Gasith, Edna Guk, Edit Leibovici, Eyal Ofir, Sharon Varulker & Yaron Be’eri Shlevin (2026)
Inundated Tamarix forest: a novel climate change-induced littoral habitat in Lake Kinneret, Israel.
Inland Waters, 16:1, 2557696,
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20442041.2025.2557696
Ikeda DH, Grady KC, Shuster SM, WhithamTG (2014)
Incorporating Climate Change and Exotic Species into Forecasts of Riparian Forest Distribution.
PLoSONE9(9):e107037.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107037
Venturella G. 2019.
The genus Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) from archaeological to contemporary landscape.
Bocconea 28: 145-149.
https://herbmedit.org/papers/5416b211-20d4-4edc-9409-b02aa0eee3ae (link to pdf)