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

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.

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.


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