Zygophyllum

Zygophyllum
	Zygophyllum fabago
	Zygophyllum sp. flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Zygophyllales
Family:	Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily:	Zygophylloideae
Genus:	Zygophyllum; L.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Agophyllum Neck. ; Agrophyllum Neck. ; Augea Thunb. ; Fabago Mill. ; Halimiphyllum (Engl.) Boriss. ; Petrusia Baill. ; Fagonia Tourn. ex L. ; Piotes Sol. ex Britten ; Sarcozygium (especially Zygophyllum xanthoxylon) Bunge ; Tetraena Maxim. ;

Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ζυγόν (zygon), meaning "double", and φυλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".^[3] It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets.

The genus is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, central Asia, Australia, and North and South America.^[1]

Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggested that as previously circumscribed, Zygophyllum was not monophyletic, and the genus was split among a number of other genera, including Augea, Fagonia, Roepera and Tetraena.^[4] As of February 2024, Plants of the World Online accepted only Roepera of these genera, regarding Augea, Fagonia and Tetraena as synonyms of Zygophyllum.^[1]

Species

As of April 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted 117 species (including those other sources place in Augea, Fagonia and Tetraena):^[1]

Zygophyllum acerosum (Boiss.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum aegyptium Hosny
Zygophyllum album L.f.
Zygophyllum applanatum Van Zyl
Zygophyllum arabicum (L.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum atriplicoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Zygophyllum augea Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum balchaschense Boriss.
Zygophyllum betpakdalense Golosk. & Semiotr.
Zygophyllum borissovae Beier & Thulin
Zygophyllum brachypterum Kar. & Kir.
Zygophyllum bruguieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum bucharicum B.Fedtsch.
Zygophyllum californicum (Benth.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum charoides (Chiov.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum chilense (Hook. & Arn.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum chrysopteron Retief
Zygophyllum clavatum Schltr. & Diels
Zygophyllum coccineum L.
Zygophyllum cornutum Coss.
Zygophyllum creticum (L.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum cuspidatum Boriss.
Zygophyllum cylindrifolium Schinz
Zygophyllum darvasicum Boriss.
Zygophyllum decumbens Delile
Zygophyllum densispinum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum densum (I.M.Johnst.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum dregeanum Sond.
Zygophyllum dumosum Boiss.
Zygophyllum eichwaldii C.A.Mey.
Zygophyllum fabago L.
Zygophyllum fabagoides Popov
Zygophyllum fontanesii Webb & Berthel.
Zygophyllum furcatum C.A.Mey.
Zygophyllum gaetulum Emb. & Maire
Zygophyllum geslinii Coss.
Zygophyllum giessii Merxm. & A.Schreib.
Zygophyllum glutinosum (Delile) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum gobicum Maxim.
Zygophyllum gontscharovii Boriss.
Zygophyllum gypsophilum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum hadramauticum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum hamiense Schweinf.
Zygophyllum harpago (Emb. & Maire) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum heterocladum Rech.f. & Patzak
Zygophyllum iliense Popov
Zygophyllum indicum (Burm.f.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum jaxarticum Popov
Zygophyllum kansuense Y.X.Liou
Zygophyllum karatavicum Boriss.
Zygophyllum kaschgaricum Boriss.
Zygophyllum kegense Boriss.
Zygophyllum kopalense Boriss.
Zygophyllum laeve (Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum lahovarii (Volkens & Schweinf.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum latistipulatum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum lehmannianum Bunge
Zygophyllum loczyi Kanitz
Zygophyllum longicapsulare Schinz
Zygophyllum longistipulatum Schinz
Zygophyllum luntii (Baker) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum macropodum Boriss.
Zygophyllum madagascariense (Baill.) Stauffer
Zygophyllum madecassum H.Perrier
Zygophyllum mahranum (Beier) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum mandavillei Hadidi
Zygophyllum mayanum (Schltdl.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum melongena Bunge
Zygophyllum microcarpum Licht. ex Cham.
Zygophyllum migiurtinorum Chiov.
Zygophyllum miniatum Cham.
Zygophyllum minutistipulum (Engl.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum molle (Delile) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum mongolicum (Maxim.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum mucronatum Maxim.
Zygophyllum neglectum Grubov
Zygophyllum obliquum Popov
Zygophyllum olivieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum orientale (C.Presl) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum ovigerum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Bunge
Zygophyllum oxianum Boriss.
Zygophyllum oxycarpum Popov
Zygophyllum pachyacanthum (Rydb.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum palmeri (Vasey & Rose) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum pamiricum Grubov
Zygophyllum paulayanum (J.Wagner & Vierh.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum pinnatum Cham.
Zygophyllum potaninii Maxim.
Zygophyllum prismaticum Chiov.
Zygophyllum prismatocarpum Sond.
Zygophyllum procumbens Adamson
Zygophyllum propinquum Decne.
Zygophyllum pterocarpum Bunge
Zygophyllum pterocaule Van Zyl
Zygophyllum qatarense Hadidi
Zygophyllum retrofractum Thunb.
Zygophyllum rigidum Schinz
Zygophyllum rosowii Bunge
Zygophyllum scabrum (Forssk.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum scoparium (Brandegee) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum simplex L.
Zygophyllum sinkiangense Y.X.Liou
Zygophyllum smithii Hadidi
Zygophyllum somalense Hadidi
Zygophyllum spinosissimum (Blatt. & Hallb.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum stapffii Schinz
Zygophyllum steropterum Schrenk
Zygophyllum subinerme (Boiss.) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum subtrijugum C.A.Mey.
Zygophyllum sulcatum Huysst.
Zygophyllum taldykurganicum Boriss.
Zygophyllum tenue R.Glover
Zygophyllum trialatum Blatt. & Hallb.
Zygophyllum turcomanicum Fisch. ex Boiss.
Zygophyllum villosum (D.M.Porter) Christenh. & Byng
Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Maxim.
Zygophyllum zilloides (Humbert) Christenh. & Byng

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Zygophyllum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
^ "Genus: Zygophyllum L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
^ Beier, B.-A.; Chase, M. W.; Thulin, M. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of subfamily Zygophylloideae (Zygophyllaceae) based on molecular and morphological data". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 240 (1–4): 11–39. Bibcode:2003PSyEv.240...11B. doi:10.1007/s00606-003-0007-0.

External links

Media related to Zygophyllum at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Zygophyllum at Wikispecies

[POWO_41749-1-1] "Zygophyllum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-02-05.

[GRIN-2] "Genus: Zygophyllum L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-10-12.

[3] Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.

[Beier03-4] Beier, B.-A.; Chase, M. W.; Thulin, M. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of subfamily Zygophylloideae (Zygophyllaceae) based on molecular and morphological data". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 240 (1–4): 11–39. Bibcode:2003PSyEv.240...11B. doi:10.1007/s00606-003-0007-0.

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