Zygophyllum coccineum L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 386 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Israel and Eritrea. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Tetraena coccinea (L.) Beier & Thulin in Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 35 (2003)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Zygophyllum berenicense (Muschl.) Hadidi in Bot. Not. 131: 441 (1978)
- Zygophyllum coccineum var. berenicense Muschl. in Man. Fl. Egypt: 578 (1912)
- Zygophyllum desertorum Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 87 (1775)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- 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 coccinea.]
- 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 coccinea.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
- 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.
- 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.
- Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Ryding, O. [1347], Eritrea | K000865520 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Bulletin
- Kew Bulletin
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images