Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Takhtajaniantha |
Species: | T. tau-saghyz
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Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz | |
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Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2]
It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan [3] and the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan [4] in Central Asia.
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.
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Takhtajaniantha |
Species: | T. tau-saghyz
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Binomial name | |
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz | |
Synonyms | |
List
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Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2]
It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan [3] and the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan [4] in Central Asia.
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.