Zygophyllum

Zygophyllum
Zygophyllum eremeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Zygophyllales
Family:	Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily:	Zygophylloideae
Genus:	Zygophyllum L.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Miltianthus Bunge Sarcozygium Bunge

Zygophyllum fabago leaflets

Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ζυγόν (zygon), meaning "yoke," and φυλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf." It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets. The more than 50 species the genus contains are distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, central Asia and Australia.

Recent DNA analysis suggests that the genera Augea, Fagonia, and Tetraena are embedded in Zygophyllum.

Selected species

• Zygophyllum album L.
• Zygophyllum billardierei DC. – Coast Twin-leaf
• Zygophyllum coccineum
• Zygophyllum cornutum Coss.
• Zygophyllum dumosum Boiss.
• Zygophyllum eurypterum Boiss. & Buhse
• Zygophyllum fabago L.
• Zygophyllum fontanesii (Webb & Berthel) Beier & Thulin, 2012
• Zygophyllum gaetulum Emb. et Maire
• Zygophyllum geslini Coss.
• Zygophyllum giessii Merxm. A.Schreib.
• Zygophyllum gilfillanii N.E.Br.
• Zygophyllum howittii F. Muell.
• Zygophyllum mandavillei Mandaville 1986
• Zygophyllum potaninii Maxim.
• Zygophyllum qatarense
• Zygophyllum simile H.Eichler
• Zygophyllum simplex L.
• Zygophyllum stapfii – Dollar Bush
• Zygophyllum waterlotii Maire
• Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Engl.

External links

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