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Nitraria

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Nitraria, known as the nitre bushes, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Nitrariaceae, native to Africa, Europe, Asia, Russia and Australia.

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Vinony's link graph records 24 inbound references to Nitraria, and connects out to Russia, Europe and Australia.

It is catalogued under topics including Nitrariaceae and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.

Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSapindales
  5. FamilyNitrariaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, East European Russia, Egypt, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk
Observations recorded13,369

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
With media
16
Family
Zygophyllaceae
Collections
RSA, NY, MNHN, B, VT, NHMUK
Recorded in
Tunisia, Australia, Chine, China

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Nitrariaceae
Image
Nitraria billardierei.jpg
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Commons category
Nitraria
taxon name
Nitraria
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Nitraria
has fruit type
drupe
taxon common name
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Nitraria, known as the nitre bushes, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Nitrariaceae, native to Africa, Europe, Asia, Russia and Australia.

There are about 9 species including: Nitraria billardierei DC., known as nitre bush or dillon bush Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Asch. Nitraria schoberi L. Nitraria sibirica Pall.

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