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|accepted_name=Tamarix chinensis
|accepted_authority=Loureiro
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Cochinch.
|place=1: 182. 1790
|year=1790
}}
|common_names=Saltcedar;five-stamen tamarisk
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tamarix juniperina
|authority=Bunge
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Tamaricaceae;Tamarix;Tamarix chinensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Tamaricaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tamarix]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tamarix chinensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 414, 415, 417
|treatment_page=page 416
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, to 8 m. <b>Leaves</b>: blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–6 cm × 5–7 mm; bract reaching or exceeding pedicel, not exceeding calyx tip. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; sepals 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire; petals elliptic to ovate, 1.5–2 mm; antisepalous stamens 5, filaments alternate with nectar disc lobes, some or all originating from below disc. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring–fall.
|habitat=Riverways, lakeshores, arroyos
|elevation=0–2500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.;e Asia;introduced also in South America (Argentina).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Tamarix chinensis</i>, morphologically very similar to <i>T. ramosissima</i>, hybridizes with <i>T. ramosissima</i> (commonly) and <i>T. aphylla</i> (rarely).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tamarix chinensis
|authority=Loureiro
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tamarix juniperina
|basionyms=
|family=Tamaricaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring–fall.
|habitat=Riverways, lakeshores, arroyos
|elevation=0–2500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.;e Asia;introduced also in South America (Argentina).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Cochinch.
|publication year=1790
|special status=Introduced;Weedy
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_787.xml
|genus=Tamarix
|species=Tamarix chinensis
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