Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Takhtajaniantha
Species:
T. tau-saghyz
Binomial name
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz
(Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Ramaliella tau-saghyz (Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse) Yıld.
  • Scorzonera tau-saghyz Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse
  • Scorzonera karataviensis Kult.
  • Scorzonera kirghisorum Afanasiev
  • Scorzonera longipes Kult.
  • Scorzonera longipes var. kyzyl-kulensis Kult.
  • Scorzonera longipes var. tautaryensis Kult.
  • Scorzonera mariae Kult.
  • Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. karataviensis (Kult.) Kamelin
  • Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. longipes (Kult.) Kamelin
  • Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. mariae (Kult.) Kamelin & Tagaev
  • Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. tautaryensis (Kult.) Kamelin
  • Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. usbekistanica Tagaev
  • Scorzonera uzbekistanica Czevr. & Bondarenko

It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan[3] and the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan[4] in Central Asia.

Uses

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is of interest as a source of latex suitable for making natural rubber,[5][6] with latex (in old specimens on average 20%) contained in large roots and underground stems extending from them.[4] The Soviet Union cultivated this species, together with Taraxacum hybernum and Taraxacum kok-saghyz, on a large scale between 1931 and 1950—notably during World War II—as an emergency source of rubber when supplies of rubber from Hevea brasiliensis in Southeast Asia were threatened.

References
  1. Scorzonera tau-saghyz at the International Plant Names Index.
  2. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR; 1934-1964 (USSR).
  3. "National Gene Bank of Tunisia: Scorzonera tau-saghyz report". GRIN.gov.
  4. Gaister, Aron (1934). "ТАУ-САГЫЗ". Сельскохозяйственный словарь-справочник (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-09 – via Словари и энциклопедии на Академике.
  5. Bonner, James, and Arthur W. Galston. The physiology and biochemistry of rubber formation in plants. December 1947, 13(10):543-596. The Botanical Review.
  6. Buranov, Anvar U., and Burkhon J. Elmuradov. Extraction and Characterization of Latex and Natural Rubber from Rubber-Bearing Plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2010 58(2):734-743.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.