Zygophyllaceae

Zygophyllum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 385 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit. to Mongolia and India, Africa, SW. U.S.A. to N. Mexico, Peru to Chile.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Arizona, Baleares, Botswana, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, Gulf States, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen

Introduced into:

Colorado, France, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Sardegna, Texas, Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 285.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 182 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 385 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engler in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 19a: 160-166 (1931)
  • Hadidi in Webbia 33: 48-72 (1978)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 182 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 385 (1753)
  • van Huyssteen, Morphologisch-systematische Studien über die Gattung Zygophyllum mit besonderer en Berücksichtigung der afrikanischen Arten, Dissert. Math.-Naturwiss. Fak. Univ. Berlin (1937)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bolus, H. [5129] K005032630 Yes
Haynes, R.A. [708] K005032639 Yes
Marsh, J.A. [375] South Africa K005032923 Yes
s.coll. [3757] Egypt K005031429 Yes
Walter, J. [s.n.] Egypt K005031455 Yes
[S. Fesoher] [95] K005031451 Yes
Abd El Ghani, M.M. [s.n.] Egypt K005031443 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [1731] Cyprus K005031027 Yes
Cole, M.M. [23] South Africa K005032890 Yes
Chapman, E. [EC134] Cyprus K005031028 Yes
Jheson, G.C. [829] South Africa K005032926 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [161] Egypt K005031454 Yes
Godrai, R. [8] K005031447 Yes
Laukkonen, P. [57] Cyprus K005031029 Yes
Long, F.R. [683] South Africa K005032929 Yes
Marsh, J.A. [1452] K005032629 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [[14566]] K005032624 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [1731] Cyprus K005031037 Yes
Schlechter, M. [s.n.] South Africa K000417152 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter, M. [s.n.] South Africa K000417153 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2676] Yemen K:SPC-59841.000 No
Mauve, A.; Oliver, I. [34] K005032938 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [3219] Cyprus K005031036 Yes
Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Cyprus K005031038 Yes
Gooding, E.G.B. [548] South Africa K005032951 Yes
Kotschy, T. [s.n.] Cyprus K005031039 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [J253] K005032950 Yes
Manoog Haradjian [39] Cyprus K005031032 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15545] K005032623 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [7055] South Africa K005032941 Yes
Therson, G.C. [1331] South Africa K005032931 Yes
Ascherson, P. [608] Egypt K005031436 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C.; Karelin, G.S, [s.n.] K000725135 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hugo, L. [541] K005032939 Yes
Davis, P.H. [s.n.] Egypt K005031438 Yes
Trott, A.C. [152] K005031449 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [1680] K005032631 Yes
Schlechter [7933] South Africa K000417149 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4317] K004117263 Yes
Thompson, M.F. [926] K005032642 No
Taylor, H.C. [10206] K005032944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005032954 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [548] South Africa K005032949 Yes
Garside, S. [4565] South Africa K:SPC-26623.000 No
Compton, R.H. [3275] K005032634 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [2177] South Africa K005032932 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2242] Egypt K005031444 Yes
Strohbach, B. [3450] Namibia K005032946 Yes
Edmonson, J.R.; McClintock, M.A.S. [E2964] Cyprus K005031031 Yes
Theson, G.B. [500] South Africa K005032925 Yes
Somalia K000380480 Holotype Yes
Acocks, G. [12010] South Africa K005032922 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [5293] K005032948 Yes
Keller, A. [177] Egypt K005031435 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [3474] South Africa K005032934 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [6097] Egypt K005031453 Yes
Muschler, R. (Dr.) [s.n.] Egypt K005031441 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] Egypt K005031431 Yes
Giess, W. [[13945]] Namibia K005032945 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [5395] South Africa K005032936 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [2427] Egypt K005031456 Yes
Long, F.R. [228] South Africa K005032614 Yes
Steiner, K. [3662] South Africa K005032921 Yes
Pillans, N.S. [5384] South Africa K005032935 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [821] Egypt K005031461 Yes
[Dr. Headu] [589] Egypt K005031440 Yes
Karelin, G.S. [s.n.] K000725143 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Lady Donie] [39] Egypt K005031433 Yes
Long, F.R. [231] K005032953 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [162] K005032947 Yes
Breda, V. [1731] K005032638 Yes
Theron, G.C. [1063] K005032620 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3583] South Africa K005032621 Yes
Bolus, H. [2222] K005032615 Yes
Sintenis; Rigo [[514]] Cyprus K005031025 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [21286] K005032637 Yes
Hemnderson, L. [574] K005032942 Yes
Hugo, L. [507] K005032937 Yes
Wood, J.J. [11] Cyprus K005031043 Yes
s.coll. [10982] South Africa K005032930 Yes
Welwitsch [1637] Angola K000417061 Unknown Type Material Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] Egypt K005031432 Yes
Davis, P.H. [3549] Cyprus K005031030 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3083] South Africa K005032622 Yes
Syngrassides, A.I. [494] Cyprus K005031041 Yes
Weiss, F.E. [13] K005032955 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [s.n.] K005032640 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1731] K005032958 Yes
Tatarinow, A,A. [s.n.] K000725177 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hardy, D.S. [313] K005032627 Yes
Long, F.R. [230] K005032895 Yes
Trott, A.C. [1659] K005031450 Yes
Schlechter [11402] South Africa K000417144 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [ARI676] Cyprus K005031034 Yes
Barker, W.F. [131] K005032635 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [162] Egypt K005031460 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005032632 Yes
Dinter [5106] K005032957 Yes
[E.C. Brand] [816] South Africa K005032893 Yes
Ibrahim, I.E. [s.n.] Egypt K005031434 Yes
Dinter [5106] Namibia K005032959 Yes
Esterhuysen, E. [24567] K005032626 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [3582] South Africa K005032892 Yes
Eichler, H. [17952] Australia K000607932 Type Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4854] K005032956 Yes
Olivier, M.C. [18] K005032628 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6378] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-52270.000 No
Drege [425] K005032619 Yes
Bunge, A.A., Von. [s.n.] K000725179 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt K005031452 Yes
s.coll. [3752] Egypt K005031430 Yes
Schlieben [8784] South Africa K005032894 Yes
Van Niekerk, G. [591] South Africa K005032625 Yes
s.coll. [3683] South Africa K005032616 Yes
Burchell [1584] South Africa K000417146 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [1528] South Africa K005032891 Yes
Collenette, S. (Mrs.) [72-203] Saudi Arabia K005031462 Yes
Thompson, M.F. [816] K005032641 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [4557] Egypt K005031457 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K005031439 Yes
Hugo, L. [1435] K005032943 Yes
Compton, R.H. [3035] K005032633 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [1333] Cyprus K005031042 Yes
Lascelles, A.G.; Lascelles, M.E. [s.n.] Cyprus K005031035 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt K005031442 Yes
[Mrs N.C. Gillett] [541] South Africa K005032618 Yes
MacDonald, M. [112] Cyprus K005031033 Yes
Snijman, D. [444] South Africa K005032940 Yes
Simmons, J.B. [25] K005031463 Yes
Wiest, A. [s.n.] Egypt K005031437 Yes
Sintenis; Rigo [514] Cyprus K005031040 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7061] Saudi Arabia K005031445 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6378] Saudi Arabia K005031446 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [248] South Africa K005032933 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3107] Egypt K005031458 Yes
Trott, A.C. [s.n.] K005031448 Yes
Burchell [2971] South Africa K005032928 Yes
Bruchell [6429] South Africa K005032927 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000725178 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [ARI367] Cyprus K005031026 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [147] Egypt K005031459 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [12010] South Africa K005032924 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005032617 Yes
Breda, V. [814] K005032636 Yes
Sep 1, 1983 Gillett, J.B.; Watson, R.M. [23803] Somalia Fagonia K000417162 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 El-azazi, E.M. [96] Qatar Tetraena K000342423 No

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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