Zygophyllum
Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ζυγόν (zygon), meaning "double", and φυλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".[3] It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets.
| Zygophyllum | |
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| Zygophyllum fabago | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Zygophyllales | 
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Zygophylloideae | 
| Genus: | Zygophyllum L.[1]  | 
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |

The genus is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, central Asia and Australia.[1]
Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggested that as previously circumscribed, Zygophyllum was not monophyletic, and the genus was split among a number of other genera, including Augea, Fagonia, Roepera and Tetraena.[4]
Species
    
In accordance with International Plant Names Index, genus Zygophyllum currently has 117 accepted species:[1]
- Zygophyllum acerosum (Boiss.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum aegyptium Hosny
 - Zygophyllum album L.f.
 - Zygophyllum applanatum Van Zyl
 - Zygophyllum arabicum (L.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum atriplicoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
 - Zygophyllum augea Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum balchaschense Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum betpakdalense Golosk. & Semiotr.
 - Zygophyllum borissovae Beier & Thulin
 - Zygophyllum brachypterum Kar. & Kir.
 - Zygophyllum bruguieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum bucharicum B.Fedtsch.
 - Zygophyllum californicum (Benth.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum charoides (Chiov.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum chilense (Hook. & Arn.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum chrysopteron Retief
 - Zygophyllum clavatum Schltr. & Diels
 - Zygophyllum coccineum L.
 - Zygophyllum cornutum Coss.
 - Zygophyllum creticum (L.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum cuspidatum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum cylindrifolium Schinz
 - Zygophyllum darvasicum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum decumbens Delile
 - Zygophyllum densispinum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum densum (I.M.Johnst.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum dregeanum Sond.
 - Zygophyllum dumosum Boiss.
 - Zygophyllum eichwaldii C.A.Mey.
 - Zygophyllum fabago L.
 - Zygophyllum fabagoides Popov
 - Zygophyllum fontanesii Webb & Berthel.
 - Zygophyllum furcatum C.A.Mey.
 - Zygophyllum gaetulum Emb. & Maire
 - Zygophyllum geslinii Coss.
 - Zygophyllum giessii Merxm. & A.Schreib.
 - Zygophyllum glutinosum (Delile) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum gobicum Maxim.
 - Zygophyllum gontscharovii Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum gypsophilum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum hadramauticum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum hamiense Schweinf.
 - Zygophyllum harpago (Emb. & Maire) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum heterocladum Rech.f. & Patzak
 - Zygophyllum iliense Popov
 - Zygophyllum indicum (Burm.f.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum jaxarticum Popov
 - Zygophyllum kansuense Y.X.Liou
 - Zygophyllum karatavicum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum kaschgaricum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum kegense Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum kopalense Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum laeve (Standl.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum lahovarii (Volkens & Schweinf.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum latistipulatum (Beier & Thulin) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum lehmannianum Bunge
 - Zygophyllum loczyi Kanitz
 - Zygophyllum longicapsulare Schinz
 - Zygophyllum longistipulatum Schinz
 - Zygophyllum luntii (Baker) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum macropodum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum madagascariense (Baill.) Stauffer
 - Zygophyllum madecassum H.Perrier
 - Zygophyllum mahranum (Beier) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum mandavillei Hadidi
 - Zygophyllum mayanum (Schltdl.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum melongena Bunge
 - Zygophyllum microcarpum Licht. ex Cham.
 - Zygophyllum migiurtinorum Chiov.
 - Zygophyllum miniatum Cham.
 - Zygophyllum minutistipulum (Engl.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum molle (Delile) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum mongolicum (Maxim.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum mucronatum Maxim.
 - Zygophyllum neglectum Grubov
 - Zygophyllum obliquum Popov
 - Zygophyllum olivieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum orientale (C.Presl) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum ovigerum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Bunge
 - Zygophyllum oxianum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum oxycarpum Popov
 - Zygophyllum pachyacanthum (Rydb.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum palmeri (Vasey & Rose) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum pamiricum Grubov
 - Zygophyllum paulayanum (J.Wagner & Vierh.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum pinnatum Cham.
 - Zygophyllum potaninii Maxim.
 - Zygophyllum prismaticum Chiov.
 - Zygophyllum prismatocarpum Sond.
 - Zygophyllum procumbens Adamson
 - Zygophyllum propinquum Decne.
 - Zygophyllum pterocarpum Bunge
 - Zygophyllum pterocaule Van Zyl
 - Zygophyllum qatarense Hadidi
 - Zygophyllum retrofractum Thunb.
 - Zygophyllum rigidum Schinz
 - Zygophyllum rosowii Bunge
 - Zygophyllum scabrum (Forssk.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum scoparium (Brandegee) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum simplex'' L.
 - Zygophyllum sinkiangense Y.X.Liou
 - Zygophyllum smithii Hadidi
 - Zygophyllum somalense Hadidi
 - Zygophyllum spinosissimum (Blatt. & Hallb.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum stapffii Schinz
 - Zygophyllum steropterum Schrenk
 - Zygophyllum subinerme (Boiss.) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum subtrijugum C.A.Mey.
 - Zygophyllum sulcatum Huysst.
 - Zygophyllum taldykurganicum Boriss.
 - Zygophyllum tenue R.Glover
 - Zygophyllum trialatum Blatt. & Hallb.
 - Zygophyllum turcomanicum Fisch. ex Boiss.
 - Zygophyllum villosum (D.M.Porter) Christenh. & Byng
 - Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Maxim.
 - Zygophyllum zilloides (Humbert) Christenh. & Byng
 
References
    
- "Zygophyllum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
 - "Genus: Zygophyllum L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
 - Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
 - Beier, B.-A.; Chase, M. W.; Thulin, M. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of subfamily Zygophylloideae (Zygophyllaceae) based on molecular and morphological data". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 240: 11. doi:10.1007/s00606-003-0007-0.
 
External links
    
 Media related to Zygophyllum at Wikimedia Commons
 Data related to Zygophyllum at Wikispecies
