# Calligonum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Calligonum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Calligonum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligonum > Source revision: 1318831597 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of flowering plants Calligonum Calligonum polygonoides Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Polygonaceae Subfamily: Polygonoideae Genus: Calligonum L. Species See text Synonyms[1] Calliphysa Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Gibsonia Stocks Pallasia L.f. Polygonoides Ortega Pterococcus Pall. ***Calligonum*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [plants](/source/Plant) in the family [Polygonaceae](/source/Polygonaceae) with about 41 [species](/source/Species) native to Northern Africa, Western, South, and Central Asia, and central China.[1] ## Description Plants of the genus *Calligonum* are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, with flexuous woody branches. Leaves are simple, opposite, nearly sessile, linear or scale-like, sometimes absent or very small, linear or filiform, distinct or united with short membranous ochreae. Flowers are bisexual, solitary or in loose axillary inflorescences. Flowers have persistent, 5-parted [perianths](/source/Perianth) not accrescent in fruit, and 10-18 [stamens](/source/Stamen) with filaments connate at the base. The [ovary](/source/Ovary_(plants)) is tetragonous.[2][3] ## Taxonomy The genus *Calligonum* was first published by [Carl Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) in 1753.[4] It is placed in the subfamily [Polygonoideae](/source/Polygonoideae), tribe Calligoneae, along with its sister genus, *[Pteropyrum](/source/Pteropyrum)*.[5] ### Species 41 species are accepted.[1] - *[Calligonum acanthopterum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_acanthopterum&action=edit&redlink=1)* I.G.Borshch. - *[Calligonum alatosetosum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_alatosetosum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Maassoumi & Kazempour - *[Calligonum aphyllum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_aphyllum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Pall.) Gürke - *[Calligonum arborescens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_arborescens&action=edit&redlink=1)* Litv. - *[Calligonum azel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_azel&action=edit&redlink=1)* Maire - *[Calligonum babakianum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_babakianum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Godw. - *[Calligonum bakuense](/source/Calligonum_bakuense)* Litv. - *[Calligonum × barsukiense](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_barsukiense&action=edit&redlink=1)* Soskov - *[Calligonum bucocladum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_bucocladum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bunge - *[Calligonum bykovii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_bykovii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Godw. - *[Calligonum × calcareum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_calcareum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pavlov - *[Calligonum calvescens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_calvescens&action=edit&redlink=1)* Maire - *[Calligonum caput-medusae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_caput-medusae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - *[Calligonum comosum](/source/Calligonum_comosum)* L'Hér. - *[Calligonum crinitum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_crinitum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Boiss. - *[Calligonum crispum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_crispum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bunge - *[Calligonum cristatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_cristatum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bunge - *[Calligonum × densum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_densum&action=edit&redlink=1)* I.G.Borshch. - *[Calligonum × dissectum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_dissectum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Popov - *[Calligonum × dubianskyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_dubianskyi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Litv. - *[Calligonum ebinuricum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_ebinuricum&action=edit&redlink=1)* N.A.Ivanova ex Soskov - *[Calligonum eriopodum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_eriopodum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bunge - *[Calligonum inerme](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_inerme&action=edit&redlink=1)* Kamelin, Gorelova & A.V.Pavlenko - *[Calligonum jeminaicum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_jeminaicum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Z.M.Mao - *[Calligonum junceum](/source/Calligonum_junceum)* (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Litv. - *[Calligonum klementzii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_klementzii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Losinsk. - *[Calligonum laristanicum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_laristanicum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika - *[Calligonum leucocladum](/source/Calligonum_leucocladum)* (Schrenk) Bunge - *[Calligonum litwinowii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_litwinowii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Drobow - *[Calligonum macrocarpum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_macrocarpum&action=edit&redlink=1)* I.G.Borshch. - *[Calligonum matteianum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_matteianum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Drobow - *[Calligonum microcarpum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_microcarpum&action=edit&redlink=1)* I.G.Borshch. - *[Calligonum mongolicum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_mongolicum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Turcz. - *[Calligonum murex](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_murex&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bunge - *[Calligonum × paletzkianum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_paletzkianum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Litv. - *[Calligonum polygonoides](/source/Calligonum_polygonoides)* L. - *[Calligonum rubicundum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_rubicundum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bunge - *[Calligonum santoanum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_santoanum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Korovin - *[Calligonum schizopterum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_schizopterum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika - *[Calligonum setosum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_setosum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Litv.) Litv. - *[Calligonum spinosetosum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_spinosetosum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Maassoumi & Batooli - *[Calligonum × spinulosum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_spinulosum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Drobow - *[Calligonum × squarrosum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_%C3%97_squarrosum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pavlov - *[Calligonum taklimakanense](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_taklimakanense&action=edit&redlink=1)* B.R.Pan & K.M.Shen - *[Calligonum tetrapterum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_tetrapterum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Jaub. & Spach - *[Calligonum trifarium](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_trifarium&action=edit&redlink=1)* Z.M.Mao - *[Calligonum triste](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_triste&action=edit&redlink=1)* Litv. - *[Calligonum turbineum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_turbineum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pavlov - *[Calligonum zakirovii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_zakirovii&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Khalk.) Czerep. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-powo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-powo_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-powo_1-2) ["*Calligonum* L."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32440-1) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew). Retrieved 26 October 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["*Calligonum*"](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=105115). *Flora of Pakistan*. Retrieved 2013-11-23 – via eFloras.org, [Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden), St. Louis, MO & [Harvard University Herbaria](/source/Harvard_University_Herbaria), Cambridge, MA. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bojian, Bao; Grabovskaya-Borodina, Alisa E. ["*Calligonum*"](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105115). *Flora of China*. Vol. 5. Retrieved 2013-11-23 – via eFloras.org, [Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden), St. Louis, MO & [Harvard University Herbaria](/source/Harvard_University_Herbaria), Cambridge, MA. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-IPNI_32440-1_4-0)** ["*Calligonum* L."](https://www.ipni.org/n/32440-1) *[International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index) (IPNI)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew); [Harvard University Herbaria](/source/Harvard_University_Herbaria) & [Libraries](/source/Harvard_Library); [Australian National Botanic Gardens](/source/Australian_National_Botanic_Gardens). Retrieved 2019-03-08. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-SchuReveBaylKron15_5-0)** Schuster, Tanja M.; Reveal, James L.; Bayly, Michael J. & Kron, Kathleen A. (2015), "An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): Relationships of *Oxygonum*, *Pteroxygonum*, and *Rumex*, and a new circumscription of *Koenigia*", *Taxon*, **64** (6): 1188–1208, [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2015Taxon..64.1188S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Taxon..64.1188S), [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.12705/646.5](https://doi.org/10.12705%2F646.5) Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Calligonum](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Calligonum). Taxon identifiers Calligonum Wikidata: Q2988961 Wikispecies: Calligonum APDB: 188988 CoL: 62KP8 EoL: 86335 EPPO: 1CGOG FNA: 105115 FoC: 105115 GBIF: 6390919 GRIN: 1895 iNaturalist: 146995 IPNI: 32440-1 IRMNG: 1311176 ITIS: 823757 NCBI: 467325 Open Tree of Life: 273386 PLANTS: CALLI14 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32440-1 Tropicos: 40035018 WFO: wfo-4000006078 WoRMS: 382477 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Calligonum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligonum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligonum?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.