Zygophyllum

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". 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 and Australia.

Zygophyllum
Zygophyllum fabago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily: Zygophylloideae
Genus: Zygophyllum
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Agophyllum Neck.
  • Agrophyllum Neck.
  • Fabago Mill.
  • Halimiphyllum (Engl.) Boriss.
  • Miltianthus Bunge
  • Sarcozygium Bunge
Zygophyllum fabago leaflets

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.[3]

Species

As of January 2018, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[1]

  • Zygophyllum atriplicoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum balchaschense Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum betpakdalense Golosk. & Semiotr.
  • Zygophyllum borissovae Beier & Thulin
  • Zygophyllum brachypterum Kar. & Kir.
  • Zygophyllum cuspidatum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum darvasicum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum depauperatum Drake
  • Zygophyllum dregeanum Sond.
  • Zygophyllum eichwaldii C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum fabago L.
  • Zygophyllum fabagoides Popov
  • Zygophyllum ferganense (Drobow) Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum furcatum C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum gilfillanii N.E.Br.
  • Zygophyllum gobicum Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum heterocladum Rech.f. & Patzak
  • Zygophyllum iliense Popov
  • Zygophyllum jaxarticum Popov
  • Zygophyllum kansuense Y.X.Liou
  • Zygophyllum karatavicum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum kaschgaricum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum kegense Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum kopalense Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum lehmannianum Bunge
  • Zygophyllum loczyi Kanitz
  • Zygophyllum macrophyllum Regel & Schmalh.
  • Zygophyllum macropodum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum melongena Bunge
  • Zygophyllum meyeri Sond.
  • Zygophyllum miniatum Cham.
  • Zygophyllum mucronatum Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum neglectum Grubov
  • Zygophyllum obliquum Popov
  • Zygophyllum ovigerum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Bunge
  • Zygophyllum oxianum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum oxycarpum Popov
  • Zygophyllum pamiricum Grubov
  • Zygophyllum pinnatum Cham.
  • Zygophyllum potaninii Maxim.
  • Zygophyllum procumbens Adamson
  • Zygophyllum pterocarpum Bunge
  • Zygophyllum rosowii Bunge
  • Zygophyllum sinkiangense Y.X.Liou
  • Zygophyllum smithii Hadidi
  • Zygophyllum steropterum Schrenk
  • Zygophyllum subtrijugum C.A.Mey.
  • Zygophyllum sulcatum Huysst.
  • Zygophyllum taldykurganicum Boriss.
  • Zygophyllum trialatum Blatt. & Hallb.
  • Zygophyllum turcomanicum Fisch. ex Boiss.
  • Zygophyllum uitenhagense Sond.
  • Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Engl.

References
  1. "Zygophyllum L". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. "Genus: Zygophyllum L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  3. 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: 11. doi:10.1007/s00606-003-0007-0.

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