Calligonum elegans

Calligonum elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Calligonum
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Calligonum elegans
V.P.Drobow Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 3: 23 1941[1]

Calligonum elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is endemic to Uzbekistan, where it is limited to the Sokh River basin. It is an endangered species with a population fragmented by habitat loss from cutting and grazing.[2]

References

  1. Calligonum elegans. www.theplantlist.org.
  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.
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