Biology:Scorzonera tau-saghyz
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Short description: Species of flowering plant from central Asia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Scorzonera |
| Species: | S. tau-saghyz
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| Binomial name | |
| Scorzonera tau-saghyz Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse[1]
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Scorzonera tau-saghyz is a species of Scorzonera, in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]
It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan[3] and Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan[4] in Central Asia.
Uses
It 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 Scorzonera tau-saghyz, 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scorzonera tau-saghyz at the International Plant Names Index.
- ↑ Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR; 1934-1964 (USSR).
- ↑ "National Gene Bank of Tunisia: Scorzonera tau-saghyz report". http://tn-grin.nat.tn/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33416.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gaister, Aron (1934). "ТАУ-САГЫЗ" (in ru). https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/agriculture/3142/%D0%A2%D0%90%D0%A3.
- ↑ Bonner, James, and Arthur W. Galston. The physiology and biochemistry of rubber formation in plants. December 1947, 13(10):543-596. The Botanical Review.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q6704642 entry
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