- Family:
- Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Zygophyllum L.
Zygophyllum album L.f.

Native to:
Algeria, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Zygophyllum album L.f. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Ronppert, K., Egypt | 11849.000 | No | |||
Peck, E.F. [6], Somalia | 708.000 | No | |||
Lunt, W. [51], South Yemen | Zygophyllum amblyocarpum | K000725124 | Yes | ||
Ash, J. [707], Ethiopia | Zygophyllum album var. amblyocarpum | 37820.000 | No |
First published in Dec. Pl. Hort. Upsal.: 11 (1762)
Accepted by
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1967). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 2: 1-581. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
Not accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Tetraena alba.]
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens. [Cited as Tetraena alba.]
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève. [Cited as Tetraena alba.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce) Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. & Osborne, J. (2015). Typification of Zygophyllum propinquum Decne. and Z. coccineum L. (Zygophyllaceae) and a key to Tetraena in SW Asia Kew Bulletin 70(38): 1-9. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman) Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
- Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
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