English: Tamarisk family.
Genera: 4: Hololachna, Myricaria, Reaumuria, Tamarix.
Botany: dry areas of Europe, Asia and Africa; saline soils; can tolerate alkaline conditions; leaves scalelike, overlap each other along the stem, encrusted with salt secretions.
TaxonomyTamaricaceae was classified in the
Violales under the Cronquist system. The
Apg3 classification place them in the
Caryophyllales.
In the
Plant theory Tamaricaceae is placed in the
Polygonales, in
Subphase 1. The salt tolerating quality is in indication for Phase1 or
Phase 7.