Zygophyllaceae

Zygophyllaceae
Krameria lappacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Zygophyllales
Family:	Zygophyllaceae R.Br., 1814
Subfamilies
Larreoideae Morkillioideae Seetzenioideae Tribuloideae Zygophylloideae
Synonyms
Balanitaceae Endl. (1841) Krameriaceae Dumort. (1829) (optional synonym) Tribulaceae Trautv. (1853)[1]

The Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. It includes around 250 species.

According to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG II), the heterogeneous family Zygophyllaceae is unplaced to order, but included in the Eurosids I as a sister to a clade composed of several orders. The name Zygophyllales can be used if one finds it appropriate to place the family Zygophyllaceae into an order.

Peganum was in Zygophyllaceae before being moved to the newly created family Nitrariaceae.

Genera

• Augea
• Balanites
• Bulnesia
• Fagonia
• Guaiacum
• Halimiphyllum
• Izozogia
• Kallstroemia
• Kelleronia
• Krameria
• Larrea
• Metharme
• Miltianthus
• Morkillia
• Neoluederitzia
• Pintoa
• Plectrocarpa
• Porlieria

Porlieria chilensis

• Roepera
• Sarcozygium
• Seetzenia
• Sericodes
• Sisyndite
• Tetradiclis
• Tetraena
• Tribulopis
• Tribulus
• Viscainoa
• Zygophyllum

References

External links

• Zygophyllaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.
• Family Zygophyllaceae Flowers in Israel
• Chilean Zygophyllaceae Chileflora

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