Draft:Complex Tamarix chinensis

Complex Tamarix chinensis is a taxonomic name for the plant invasion in western North America that includes T. chinensis, T. ramosissima and their hybrids. Approximately 85% of the invasive Tamarix in the western USA are hybrids of these two species [1][2]. Identifying these plants to the species level is difficult or not possible with morphological characters and requires DNA analysis.

References

1. Gaskin, J.F. and Schaal, B.A., 2002. Hybrid Tamarix widespread in US invasion and undetected in native Asian range. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(17), pp.11256-11259.

2. Gaskin, J.F. and Kazmer, D.J., 2009. Introgression between invasive saltcedars (Tamarix chinensis and T. ramosissima) in the USA. Biological invasions, 11, pp.1121-1130.