, Kuhnle U title True hermaphroditism in a 46,XY individual, caused by a postzygotic somatic point mutation ... 8447323 pmc 1682159 doi url ref References Reflist See also commonscat Hermaphroditism in humans ... more details
Sequential hermaphroditism called dichogamy in botany is a type of hermaphroditism that occurs in many fish , gastropod s and plants. Here, the individual is born one sex and changes sex at some point in their life. They can change from a male to female protandry , or from female to male protogyny . ref name Warner Despite which sex the organism changes to, those that change gonodal sex can have both female and male germ cells in the gonads or can change from one complete gonodal type to the other during their last life stage. ref name carauth cite journal title Freshwater cichlid Crenicara punctulata ... model organisms for this type of sequential hermaphroditism are wrasses. They are one of the largest ... three models for hermaphroditism in 1969 in his paper titled The evolution of hermaphroditism among ... for mating this model cannot be applied to sequential hermaphroditism. The gene dispersal model ... populations. The two aspects of these hypotheses influenced by hermaphroditism, that is inbreeding ... The evolution of hermaphroditism among animals journal The Quarterly review of biology year 1969 first ... Warner cite journal title The Adaptive Significance of Sequential Hermaphroditism in Animals. journal ... supports the size advantage model by Ghiselin and suggest that sequential hermaphroditism is correlated ... Alonzo Thus, he suggests that female fecundity has more impact on sequential hermaphroditism that the age ... in both sexes. With this prediction one would assume that hermaphroditism is very common, but this is not the case. Sequential hermaphroditism is very rare and according to scientists this is due to some ... when the cost was very large but that some groups favored hermaphroditism. This indicates that the cost of sex change does not explain the rarity of sequential hermaphroditism by itself. ref name Kazancio lu cite journal title Costs of changing sex do not explain why sequential hermaphroditism is rare ... Many studies have focused on the proximate causes of sequential hermaphroditism. The role of aromatase ... more details
Cleanup date December 2007 Androgen induced hermaphroditism is a syndrome resulting from a hermaphroditic birth defect of the genital organs. They are induced in the 46, XX gonadally female fetus. This occurs when there is too much androgens masculinizing hormone transmitted through the placenta . The external genitalia are that of a male. If there is an excess of androgens in a male fetus it will give rise to infant hercules syndrome . References J Money Sin, Sickness, or Status? Homosexual Gender Identity and Psychoneuroendocrinology sex stub med stub Category Supernumerary body parts Category Intersexuality ... more details
Androgyny can refer to either a combining of both sexes, or a lack of both a person who exhibits androgyny is sometimes called an androgyne for plants and flowers see Hermaphrodite In plants Hermaphroditism in plants and Plant sexuality Androgynous may refer to Androgyne moth , the ermine moth genus Androgynous , a song by The Replacements from their 1984 album Let It Be Replacements album Let It Be In Music Androgyny song Androgyny is a 2001 song by alternative rock group Garbage band Garbage , from the album Beautiful Garbage . disambig ... more details
Infobox disease Name Mixed gonadal dysgenesis Image Caption DiseasesDB 29266 ICD10 ICD9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D006060 Mixed gonadal dysgenesis is a condition of unusual and asymmetrical gonadal development leading to an unassigned sex differentiation . A number of differences have been reported in the karyotype , most commonly a mosaicism 45,X 46, XY. If Turner syndrome is defined as a condition where one sex chromosome is absent or abnormal, mixed gonadal dysgenesis may be interpreted as a specific variation of Turner s. The phenotypical expression may be ambiguous, intersex , or male, or female pending the extent of the mosaicism . It has been pointed out that the gonads may not be symmetrical, thus the development of the M llerian duct and Wolffian duct may be asymmetrical, too. ref cite journal author Donahoe PK, Crawford JD, Hendren WH title Mixed gonadal dysgenesis, pathogenesis, and management journal J. Pediatr. Surg. volume 14 issue 3 pages 287 300 year 1979 pmid 480090 doi 10.1016 S0022 3468 79 80486 8 url http linkinghub.elsevier.com retrieve pii S0022346879000531 ref Because of the presence of dysgenetic gonadal tissue and Y chromosome material, there is a high risk of the development of a gonadoblastoma , thus removal of the gonads is usually indicated. Although similar in some ways to true hermaphroditism , the conditions can be distinguished histologically. ref name pmid12379746 cite journal author Kim KR, Kwon Y, Joung JY, Kim KS, Ayala AG, Ro JY title True hermaphroditism and mixed gonadal dysgenesis in young children a clinicopathologic study of 10 cases journal Mod. Pathol. volume 15 issue 10 pages 1013 9 year 2002 month October pmid 12379746 doi 10.1097 01.MP.0000027623.23885.0D ref See also Gonadal dysgenesis References reflist Congenital malformations of genital organs Chromosomal abnormalities External links Commons category http www.childrenshospital.org az Site3208 mainpageS3208P0.html Mixed gonadal dysgen ... more details
refimprove date November 2009 Taxobox status DD status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Hagfish Myxini ordo Myxiniformes familia Myxinidae genus Eptatretus species E. bischoffii binomial Eptatretus bischoffii binomial authority A. Schneider, 1880 ref ITIS id 622250 taxon Eptatretus bischoffii ref Eptatretus bischoffii is a common hagfish of the genus Eptatretus . Its maximum length is convert 55 cm in . It lives in a demersal , non migratory, marine habitat with its depth range between 8 50 m. It can survive in only temperate zones. These organisms are found in the South Pacific Ocean Pacific , mainly, Chile . It is harmless to humans. The mode of reproduction in this kind of organism is external reproduction external . The copulatory organs are absent. The gonad s of hagfishes are situated in the peritoneal cavity . The ovary is found in the anterior portion of the gonad, and the testis is found in the posterior part. The animal becomes female if the cranial part of the gonad develops or male if the caudal part undergoes differentiation. If none develops, then the animal becomes sterile. If both anterior and posterior parts develop, then the animal becomes a hermaphroditism functional hermaphrodite . However, hermaphroditism being characterised as functional needs to be validated by more reproduction studies. The eggs develop in the demersal areas. The shape of the eggs are elongated. The egg contains a single micropyle micropylar opening located at the animal pole. It is situated at the bottom of a micropylar cup which lies between the anchor filament s. The single filaments are convert 3.2 4.9 mm in long and have an anchor shaped apical end. The number of filaments varies around 50 but is always smaller on the vegetative end. On both ends of laid eggs, the filaments are enveloped by a gel like matrix intertwined with large cytoskeleton cytoskeletal biopolymer s keratin like intermediate filaments of possible holocrine origin. ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In biology , gonochorism Greek language Greek offspring disperse or unisexualism describes sexual reproduction sexually reproducing species in which individuals have just one of at least two distinct sexes. The term is most often used with animals whereas dioecious is usually used with plants . The sex of an individual may change during its lifetime, this can for example be found in parrotfish . Sex is most often genetically determined, but may be determined by other mechanisms. For example, alligator s use temperature dependent sex determination during egg incubation. Good examples of gonochoric or dioecious pollination are holly hollies , and kiwifruit . In these plants the male plant which supplies the pollen is referred to as the pollenizer . The vast majority of mammals are gonochorists. Gonochorism stands in contrast to other reproductive strategy reproductive strategies such as hermaphrodite hermaphroditism . See also Monoclinous Diclinous Plant sexuality Category Reproduction Category Pollination Ecology stub cs Gonochorismus da S rk nnet es Unisexual fr Gonochorisme pl Rozdzielnop ciowo ... more details
Citation style date September 2009 A reproductive system disease is any disease that impairs the ability to reproduce . Such diseases may arise from genetic or congenital abnormalities, such as hermaphroditism , from functional problems such as impotence or infertility or reproductive tract infections, such as sexually transmitted disease s. Reproductive tract infection RTI are infections that affect the reproductive tract , which is part of the Reproductive System . For females, reproductive tract infections can be in either the upper reproductive tract fallopian tubes , ovary and uterus , and the lower reproductive tract vagina , cervix and vulva for males these infections are at the penis , testicles , urethra or the sperm tube . The three types of reproductive tract infections are endogenous infections , iatrogenic infections and the more commonly known sexually transmitted infections . Each has its own specific causes and symptoms , caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus or other organism. Some infections are easily treatable and can be cured, some are more difficult, and some are non curable such as AIDS and herpes . References http www.popcouncil.org pdfs RTIFacsheetsRev.pdf http www.rho.org html rtis.htm http www.engenderhealth.org wh inf drti.html Diseases of the pelvis and genitals Reproductive health DEFAULTSORT Reproductive System Disease Category Sexual health Category Genitourinary system diseases disease stub ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Mainwaringia rhizophila image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked superfamilia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Littorinimorpha superfamilia Littorinoidea familia Littorinidae subfamilia Littorininae genus Mainwaringia subgenus species M. rhizophila binomial Mainwaringia rhizophila binomial authority Reid, 1986 ref WRMS source 138756 Reid D.G. 1986 . Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885, a Littorinid genus from asiatic mangrove forests, and a case of protandrous hermaphroditism. Journal of Molluscan Studies 52 225 242. 6 June 2010 ref synonyms ref synonyms Mainwaringia rhizophila is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Littorinidae , the winkles or periwinkles. ref name WoRMS WRMS species 446354 Mainwaringia rhizophila Reid, 1986 Reid, David G. 2010 . Mainwaringia rhizophila Reid, 1986. Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at nowiki http www.marinespecies.eu aphia.php?p taxdetails&id 446354 nowiki on 6 June 2010 ref Description Empty section date June 2010 Distribution Empty section date June 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Mainwaringia Rhizophila Category Littorinidae Littorinidae stub vi Mainwaringia rhizophila ... more details
An ovotestis is a gonad with both testicular and ovarian aspects. ref name titleeMedicine Ovotestis Article by Gail F Whitman Elia, MD cite web url http www.emedicine.com med topic1702.htm title eMedicine Ovotestis Article by Gail F Whitman Elia, MD accessdate 2008 01 02 work ref ref name titleovo testes cite web url http www.isna.org faq conditions ovo testes title ovo testes formerly called true hermaphroditism work Intersex Society of North America accessdate 2007 12 08 format ref In humans, ovotestes are an anatomical abnormality associated with gonadal dysgenesis . ref name pmid11173859 cite journal author Salas Cort s L, Jaubert F, Nihoul Feket C, Brauner R, Rosemblatt M, Fellous M title SRY protein is expressed in ovotestis and streak gonads from human sex reversal journal Cytogenet. Cell Genet. volume 91 issue 1 4 pages 212 6 year 2000 pmid 11173859 doi 10.1159 000056847 url http content.karger.com produktedb produkte.asp?typ fulltext&file ccg91212 ref In gastropods File Biomphalaria glabrata ovotestis.png thumb Ovotestis of a freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata . The area around the ovotestis is hepatopancreas . 10 magnification Ovotestis or hermaphroditic gland in Latin language glandula hermaphroditica , ref name P ll Gergely 2008 hu icon P ll Gergely B. 2008 . A Stylommatophora csig k ivarszervrendszer nek magyar nyelv nevez ktana . Malacological newstellter 26 37 42. http www.matramuzeum.hu e107 plugins docrep menu docrep.php?0.getdoc.473.24 PDF . ref can be found as normal anatomical features in the reproductive system of gastropods reproductive system of some gastropods such as the land snail Helix aspersa . ref name pmid15270240 cite journal author Chase R, Antkowiak T, Geoffroy E, Weatherill D title Why the ovotestis of Helix aspersa is innervated journal Acta. Biol. Hung. volume 55 issue 1 4 pages 239 49 year 2004 pmid 15270240 doi 10.1556 ABiol.55.2004.1 4.29 ref See also Intersex True hermaphroditism former definition References reflist 2 Ca ... more details
Unreferenced stub type animal auto yes date December 2009 Taxobox image Icerya purchasi.jpg image caption Icerya purchasi regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hemiptera subordo Sternorrhyncha superfamilia Coccoidea familia Monophlebidae genus Icerya subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. Icerya is a genus of scale insect s in the family Monophlebidae . Hermaphroditism Hermaphroditism is extremely rare in the insect world despite the comparatively common nature of this condition in the crustaceans. several species of Icerya , including the pestiferous cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi , are known to be hermaphrodites that reproduce by self fertilising. Occasionally reproductively functioning males are produced from unfertilised eggs but generally individuals are monoecious and with a female like nature but possesing an ovotestis which is part testis part ovary and sperm is transmitted ovarially from the female to her young ref http www.annualreviews.org doi full 10.1146 annurev.ento.48.091801.112703 THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE GENETIC SYSTEMS IN INSECTS . ref . This hermaphroditic sexual self sufficiency where a single individual can populate new territory has contributed to the invasive spread of the cottony cushion scale insect away from its native Australia. ref The Insects An outline of Entomology, Gullan & Cranston, Wiley Blackwell 2001 ref List of species Icerya aegyptiaca Douglas 1890 . Icerya albolutea Cockerell 1898. Icerya bimaculata De Lotto 1959. Icerya brachystegiae Hall 1940. Icerya brasiliensis Hempel 1920. Icerya callitri Froggatt 1921 . Icerya chilensis Hempel 1920. Icerya colimensis Cockerell 1902. Icerya flava Hempel 1920. Icerya flocculosa Hempel 1932. Icerya formicarum Newstead 1897. Icerya genistae Hempel 1912. Zootaxa 1720 66 Icerya hanoiensis Jashenko & Danzig 1992. Icerya imperatae Rao 1951. Icerya insulans Hempel 1923. Icerya koebelei Maskell 1892. Icerya leuderwaldti Hempel 1918. Icerya littoralis mimosae ... more details
cite web last Herndon first April title Getting Rid of Hermaphroditism Once and For All url http www.isna.org ... main sequential hermaphroditism File Crepidula fornicata.JPG thumb right Shells of Crepidula ..., in which an individual may possess fully functional male and female gonads. Sequential hermaphroditism ... journal last Ghiselin first Micahel T. title The evolution of hermaphroditism among animals journal ... Hyenas? Animal Life by Mary Ellen Schoeman ref Humans True hermaphroditism in humans differs from pseudohermaphroditism ... is seen in many common garden plants. A closer analogy to hermaphroditism in animals is the presence ... Freud based on work by his associate Wilhelm Fliess held fetal hermaphroditism to be a fact of the physiological ... Kim M.D., Alberto G Ayala M.D. and Jae Y Ro M.D. year 2002 title True Hermaphroditism and Mixed Gonadal ... of Self Fertile Hermaphroditism The Fog Is Clearing http www.angelfire.com ca2 BornHermaphrodite Born ... more details
Refimprove date November 2009 The gender taxonomy is a Taxonomic classification classification of the range of different levels at which human s vary in sexual characteristics . It is mainly used by medical specialists working in the area of sexology sex research . ref A review of cross gender taxonomies shows that previous observers have identified and labeled a homosexual type far more consistently than any other category of male gender dysphoric. br Ray Blanchard , http www.springerlink.com content kp318216v0055487 The classification and labeling of nonhomosexual gender dysphorias , Archives of Sexual Behavior 18 4 1989 315 334. ref John Money and Milton Diamond are probably the best known researchers in this field. Money earned his Doctorate PhD for research into human hermaphrodite hermaphroditism and pseudohermaphroditism , now known as intersex conditions. The taxonomy starts at the simplest, biology biological level and traces differentiations expressed at the increasingly complicated levels produced over the course of the human Biological life cycle life cycle . chromosome s 46,XX 46,XY 47,XXY Klinefelter s syndrome 45,X0 Turner syndrome XYY syndrome 47,XYY 47,XXX Triple X syndrome XXXX syndrome XXXXX syndrome , 48,XXYY syndrome , 46,XX XY Mosaic genetics mosaic , other mosaic, and others gonad s testes , ovary ovaries , one of each, Ovotestis ovotestes , other types of gonadal dysgenesis Sex steroids hormones androgen s including testosterone estrogen s, including estradiol , estriol , estrone antiandrogen s and others Sex organ genitals primary sexual characteristics see http www.dsdguidelines.org htdocs parents handout genital development.html diagram for the six class system secondary sexual characteristic s Sexual dimorphism dimorphic physical characteristics, other than primary characteristics brain structure special kinds of secondary characteristics, due to their influence on psychology and behaviour gender identity psychology psychological identifi ... more details
Cleanup date March 2011 Michael T. Ghiselin is an United States American biologist, philosopher historian of biology currently at the California Academy of Sciences . B.A., University of Utah 1960 Ph.D., Stanford University 1965 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University 1964 65 Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory 1965 67 Assistant Professor of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley 1967 74 Associate Professor 1974 78 Guggenheim Fellow 1978 79 Research Professor of Biology, University of Utah 1980 83 MacArthur Prize Fellow 1981 86 Senior Research Fellow, California Academy of Sciences 1983 . He is famous for his work on sea slugs , and has had both a species Hypselodoris ghiselini and the defensive chemical that it containss ghiselinin named after him. In 2009 he co authored a major study on chemical defense Cimino, Guido and Michael T. Ghiselin Chemical Defense and the Evolution of Opisthobranch Gastropods in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Volume 60, No. 10, pp. 175 422. It can be viewed on line. Sea slugs are simultaneous hermaphrodites male and female at the same time . But some other organisms especially many coral reef fish species , are sequential hermaphrodites they naturally change sex in the course of their lifetime . In 1969 he proposed the size advantage model to explain sequential hermaphroditism. In some fish species, he reasoned, males can maximize their reproductive success by breeding with a harem of females rather than breeding only once as a female. In other species, where the fish live in pairs, it is to an individual s advantage to be male when small and to turn into a female when it is larger see Hermaphroditism for a full explanation of his model . He also works on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology. His historical publications have dealt mainly with Darwin and the history of comparative zoology. They include such topics as the influence of alchemy on nineteenth century zoology and the ... more details
nihongo Masao Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Masao born August 20, 1931, in Bihoro, Hokkaid ref cite book last1 Imafuku first1 Ryuta title The Semiotic Web 1987 chapter Masao Yamaguchi A Hermes Harlequin in the Field of Semiotics editors Sebeok, Thomas A., Umiker Sebeok, Jean publisher DE GRUYTER MOUTON year 1988 pages 93 url http www.reference global.com doi abs 10.1515 9783110868388.93 accessdate 2010 12 03 id 10.1515 9783110868388.93 isbn 978 3 11 086838 8 ref is a Japanese anthropologist. A key figure in the introduction of structural anthropology to Japan, Yamaguchi is also noted for his engagements with political questions such as the Japanese tenno emperor system and assimilation policies . Yamaguchi is also noted as a writer on the concepts of hermaphroditism and the trickster , and has performed fieldwork in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. Selected bibliography anthropological investigation culture and duality The Poetics of Culture The African Mythical World An Assimilating World Perspectives of Knowledge An Invitation to Cultural Anthropology The Ethnology of Assimilation The Cultural Anthropology of the Emperor System A History of Failure in the Showa Period A Psychological History of Losers For a study of the losing side Stepping Outside Yamaguchi Masao Labryinth A Psychological History of the Manager References div class references small references div Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Yamaguchi, Masao ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Japanese anthropologist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Yamaguchi, Masao Category Living people Category Japanese anthropologists japan bio stub pt Masao Yamaguchi ru , ja ... more details
Taxobox name ribbon eel image regnum Animal ia image Ribbon eel.jpg phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Anguilliformes familia Muraenidae genus Rhinomuraena genus authority Samuel Garman Garman , 1888 species R. quaesita range map range map caption binomial Rhinomuraena quaesita binomial authority Samuel Garman Garman , 1888 synonyms Rhinomuraena amboinensis The ribbon eel , Rhinomuraena quaesita , or Bernis eel, is a species of Seawater saltwater eel , the monotypic only member of the genus Rhinomuraena of the Muraenidae Moray eel family biology family of order biology order Anguilliformes . What is now known as Rhinomuraena quaesita also includes the former Rhinomuraena amboinensis . R. quaesita was used for blue ribbon eels and R. amboinensis for black ribbon eels, but these are now recognized as the same species. The ribbon eel is native to the Indian Ocean Indian and Pacific oceans. The ribbon eel is an elegant creature with a long, thin body and high dorsal fin s. The ribbon eel can easily be recognised by its expanded anterior nostrils. Juveniles and sub adults are jet black with a yellow dorsal fin, while females are yellow with a black anal fin with white margins on the fins. The adult males are blue with a yellow dorsal fin. The ribbon eel grows to an overall length of approximately 100 cm 36 in , and has a life span of up to twenty years. The ribbon eel is the only moray eel that is sequential hermaphroditism protandric . Behavior Like many eels, the ribbon eel is sometimes thought to be angry or aggressive, because its mouth is often open, appearing ready to strike. In reality, the eel is simply breathing. In the wild, the ribbon eel buries itself in sand or hides in rocks or reefs, dashing out to feed on shrimp and fish. In the aquarium Because most ribbon eels do not live longer than a month in captivity, some feel that this species should never be purchased. Ribbon eels have been observed in nearly every case to stop eating ... more details
satisfaction with male pseudohermaphroditism or true hermaphroditism a cohort of 63 patients journal ... researcher in this area. His Doctor of Philosophy doctoral thesis was titled Hermaphroditism An Inquiry .... W. 1952 . Hermaphroditism An inquiry into the nature of a human paradox. Unpublished doctoral dissertation ... more details
Environmental sex determination or ESD is any sex determination system in which sex is established by a nongenetic cue e.g. nutrient availability experienced within a discrete period after conception. In contrast, genotypic sex determination GSD occurs when sex is established by genetic factors e.g. sex chromosome s at conception. ref name janzen cite journal author F. J. Janzen & P. C. Phillips year 2006 title Exploring the evolution of environmental sex determination, especially in reptiles journal Journal of Evolutionary Biology volume 19 issue 6 pages 1775 1784 doi 10.1111 j.1420 9101.2006.01138.x pmid 17040374 url http www.public.iastate.edu fjanzen pdf 06JEB.pdf format Portable Document Format PDF ref Environmental sex determination should also not be confused with some forms of hermaphroditism in which the sex is determined flexibly after birth, such as dichogamy . Examples In the season in the amphipod Gammarus duebeni , photoperiod induces production of males earlier, and females later. Because male fitness improves more than female fitness with increased size, environmental sex determination is adaptive in this system by permitting males to experience a longer growing season than females. ref cite journal author J. McCabe & A. M. Dunn year 1997 title Adaptive significance of environmental sex determination in an amphipod journal Journal of Evolutionary Biology volume 10 issue 4 pages 515 527 doi 10.1046 j.1420 9101.1997.10040515.x ref The adaptive significance of environmental sex determination is not so clear for amniote s, however, the clade in which this it is perhaps most common. Most amniote vertebrates have genetic sex determination, but a small highly diverse set of taxa in this clade show environmental sex determination. In these latter animals, environmental sex determination occurs as temperature dependent sex determination TSD , wherein sex of individuals is permanently determined by thermal conditions experienced approximately during the middle ... more details
italic title taxobox image Tamarix gallica bloemen.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Tamaricaceae genus Tamarix species T. gallica binomial Tamarix gallica binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. synonyms Tamarix anglica br Tamarix algeriensis br Tamarix brachylepis br Tamarix madritensis Tamarix gallica , the French Tamarisk , is a deciduous, herbaceous, twiggy shrub or small tree reaching up to about 5 meters high. It is indigenous to Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula , and very common around the Mediterranean sea Mediterranean region. It is present in many other areas as an invasive species invasive introduced species , often becoming a noxious weed . ref name plants cite web url http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol TAGA title Profile for Tamarix gallica French tamarisk work PLANTS Database publisher United States Department of Agriculture USDA , Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS accessdate November 10, 2011 ref It was first described for botanical classification by the taxonomy taxonomist Carolus Linnaeus in 1753, but had already been in Plant cultivation cultivation since 1596. ref name el cite book author Eleanor Lawrence, Ed. title The Illustrated Book of Trees & Shrubs publisher Gallery Books, an imprint of W.H.Smith Publishers Inc. place New York, NY year 1985 page 150 isbn 0831782208 ref It has fragile, woody branchlets that drop off in autumn along with the small, scale like leaf leaves that cover them. The leaf shape is an adaption over time to exceedingly dry conditions. ref name el The pink flower s are tiny, hermaphroditism hermaphroditic , and are borne on narrow, feather like spikes. They frequently bloom earlier than the leaves, first in May, and sometimes a second time in August. ref name el In its native range the plant grows in moist areas such as riverbanks, especially in soil salinity saline soils . ref name uicn http www.uicnmed.or ... more details
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